| Inventors with the largest percentage increase in patent applications from 2010 to 2011 |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps 2010 | # of patent apps 2011 |
| 1 | Jun Koyama | JP | Sagamihara | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130049806 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 23 | 112 |
| 2 | Wanshi Chen | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130083749 - Random Access Channel Design for Narrow Bandwidth Operation in a Wide Bandwidth System | 23 | 95 |
| 3 | William H. Eby | US | Panora, IA | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130055463 - SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 07115150 | 27 | 86 |
| 4 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Tokyo | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130082344 - PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE | 101 | 261 |
| 5 | Junichiro Sakata | JP | Atsugi | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130015439 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 30 | 71 |
| 6 | Seigo Nakao | JP | Kanagawa | May 23, 2013 / 20130128857 - TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | 24 | 55 |
| 7 | Peter Gaal | US | San Diego, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130114519 - ENHANCED ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS | 34 | 74 |
| 8 | Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann | DE | Neuwied | May 23, 2013 / 20130131124 - O-CYCLOPROPYLCYCLOHEXYL-CARBOXANILIDES AND THEIR USE AS FUNGICIDES | 29 | 59 |
| 9 | Shou-Kuo Hsu | TW | Tu-Cheng | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097576 - COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING VIA STUB | 24 | 48 |
| 10 | Jeyhan Karaoguz | US | Irvine, CA | May 16, 2013 / 20130125229 - Theft prevention of media peripherals in a media exchange network | 118 | 228 |
| 11 | Petronel Bigioi | IE | Galway | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130033624 - Red-Eye Filter Method and Apparatus | 27 | 52 |
| 12 | Lisa Seacat Deluca | US | San Francisco, CA | May 23, 2013 / 20130133038 - AUTHENTICATION FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING MESSAGES | 21 | 39 |
| 13 | Frederick E. Shelton, Iv | US | Hillsboro, OH | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130075450 - STAPLE CARTRIDGE INCLUDING COLLAPSIBLE DECK | 47 | 86 |
| 14 | Jae Hoon Chung | KR | Anyang-Si | May 23, 2013 / 20130128855 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 23 | 42 |
| 15 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Setagaya | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130075722 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 101 | 181 |
| 16 | Peter Dahmen | DE | Neuss | May 23, 2013 / 20130131124 - O-CYCLOPROPYLCYCLOHEXYL-CARBOXANILIDES AND THEIR USE AS FUNGICIDES | 24 | 43 |
| 17 | Donald E. Weder | US | Highland, IL | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130008083 - TOMATO CAGE FORMED OF HOLLOW WIRE | 36 | 64 |
| 18 | Arnd Voerste | DE | Koln | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130012384 - Spiroheterocyclic Tetronic Acid Derivatives | 21 | 37 |
| 19 | Hemanth Sampath | US | San Diego, CA | May 23, 2013 / 20130128809 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL HEADER COMPRESSION | 29 | 51 |
| 20 | Eran Steinberg | US | San Francisco, CA | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130033624 - Red-Eye Filter Method and Apparatus | 31 | 53 |
| 21 | Ross Dykstra Pursifull | US | Dearborn, MI | May 23, 2013 / 20130125858 - FLUID INJECTION PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM | 30 | 51 |
| 22 | Alan L. Browne | US | Grosse Pointe, MI | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081933 - Reconfigurable Bi-Stable Device | 30 | 49 |
| 23 | Jin Sam Kwak | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | May 24, 2012 / 20120127898 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION USING H-FDD FRAME STRUCTURE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 21 | 34 |
| 24 | Nancy L. Johnson | US | Northville, MI | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081933 - Reconfigurable Bi-Stable Device | 27 | 43 |
| 25 | Yeong Hyeon Kwon | KR | Anyang-Si | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058306 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 24 | 37 |
| 26 | Lee D. Whetsel | US | Parker, TX | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130047047 - 3D STACKED DIE TEST ARCHITECTURE | 49 | 75 |
| 27 | Zheng-Heng Sun | TW | Tu-Cheng | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130070411 - SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE ASSEMBLY | 27 | 41 |
| 28 | Juan Montojo | US | San Diego, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130064119 - Narrow Bandwidth Operation in LTE | 72 | 108 |
| 29 | Bengt Lindoff | SE | Bjarred | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130077508 - Method and Apparatus For Signal Quality Determination in a Communication Network | 25 | 37 |
| 30 | Durga Prasad Malladi | US | San Diego, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130114437 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT USING BLIND DETECTION | 33 | 48 |
| 31 | Noah Montena | US | Syracuse, NY | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029513 - COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR HAVING A BREAKAWAY COMPRESSION SLEEVE | 23 | 33 |
| 32 | Adam Soroca | US | Cambridge, MA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130012178 - PRESENTATION OF SPONSORED CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON TRANSACTION EVENT | 21 | 30 |
| 33 | Shuji Nakamura | US | Santa Barbara, CA | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130022528 - GALLIUM NITRIDE BULK CRYSTALS AND THEIR GROWTH METHOD | 22 | 31 |
| 34 | Akihiko Nishio | JP | Kanagawa | May 23, 2013 / 20130128856 - BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CALCULATION PARAMETERS FOR POWER HEADROOM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM | 42 | 58 |
| 35 | Stefan Parkvall | SE | Stockholm | May 23, 2013 / 20130128828 - Compromise Resource Allocation Field Size When Aggregating Component Carriers of Differing Size | 21 | 29 |
| 36 | Li-Ping Chen | TW | Tu-Cheng | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130099645 - SEVER ENCLOSURE WITH COVER PANEL | 27 | 37 |
| 37 | Andrew W. Phillips | US | Rochester, MI | May 23, 2013 / 20130130859 - TWO-MODE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION | 47 | 63 |
| 38 | Tony F. Rodriguez | US | Portland, OR | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097630 - ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION IDENTIFICATION DATA | 21 | 28 |
| 39 | Anthony K. Stamper | US | Williston, VT | May 16, 2013 / 20130122627 - INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SINGLE CRYSTALLINE BEAM, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND DESIGN STRUCTURE | 21 | 28 |
| 40 | Hajime Kimura | JP | Atsugi | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063041 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 47 | 62 |
| 41 | Jan Hoentschel | DE | Dresden | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130095620 - METHODS OF FORMING HIGHLY SCALED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING A DISPOSABLE SPACER TECHNIQUE | 22 | 29 |
| 42 | Reza A. Pagaila | SG | Singapore | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130056867 - Semiconductor device and method of forming FO-WLCSP with recessed interconnect area in peripheralregion of semiconductor die | 22 | 29 |
| 43 | David M. Goldenberg | US | Mendham, NJ | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130078182 - Structural Variants of Antibodies for Improved Therapeutic Characteristics | 29 | 38 |
| 44 | Bin Chul Ihm | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | May 24, 2012 / 20120128050 - FEEDBACK SCHEME FOR MULTI-CELL INTERFERENCE MITIGATION CONSIDERATION LEGACY MOBILE USERS | 27 | 35 |
| 45 | Derek A. Ladd | US | Acushnet, MA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090187 - VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA GOLF BALL | 27 | 35 |
| 46 | Liang Liu | CN | Beijing | May 09, 2013 / 20130115439 - CARBON NANOTUBE FILM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | 68 | 88 |
| 47 | Li Qian | CN | Beijing | May 09, 2013 / 20130115439 - CARBON NANOTUBE FILM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | 25 | 32 |
| 48 | Gopichandra Surnilla | US | West Bloomfield, MI | May 23, 2013 / 20130131963 - Engine Idle Speed and Turbocharger Speed Control | 25 | 32 |
| 49 | Clinton E. Carey | US | Highland, MI | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120322604 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR AND CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT | 44 | 56 |
| 50 | John Walley | US | Ladera Ranch, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130117626 - Adaptive Ultra-Low Voltage Memory | 26 | 33 |
| 51 | Alex Horng | TW | Kaohsiung | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130011255 - Fan | 34 | 43 |
| 52 | Joel R. Jaffe | US | Glenview, IL | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130023337 - PLAYER HEAD TRACKING FOR WAGERING GAME CONTROL | 24 | 30 |
| 53 | Ki Seon Ryu | KR | Anyang-Si | May 23, 2013 / 20130128767 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 21 | 26 |
| 54 | Masayuki Hoshino | JP | Kanagawa | May 23, 2013 / 20130128856 - BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CALCULATION PARAMETERS FOR POWER HEADROOM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM | 21 | 26 |
| 55 | Kangguo Cheng | US | Guilderland, NY | May 09, 2013 / 20130113101 - Use of Gas Cluster Ion Beam To Reduce Metal Void Formation In Interconnect Structures | 23 | 28 |
| 56 | James D. Bennett | CZ | Hroznetin | May 23, 2013 / 20130128562 - SOLAR PANEL LIGHT INDICATOR/DECORATIVE SYSTEM | 54 | 65 |
| 57 | Yoshihisa Kishiyama | JP | Kanagawa | May 03, 2012 / 20120106501 - RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | 41 | 49 |
| 58 | Bernd Bruchmann | DE | Freinsheim | May 16, 2013 / 20130123148 - USE OF POLYLYSINE AS A SHALE INHIBITOR | 21 | 25 |
| 59 | Wael William Diab | US | San Francisco, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130091262 - SOCIAL ACCESS CONTROL | 75 | 89 |
| 60 | Steven P. Denbaars | US | Goleta, CA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120313077 - HIGH EMISSION POWER AND LOW EFFICIENCY DROOP SEMIPOLAR BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES | 23 | 27 |
| 61 | Ga-Lane Chen | US | Santa Clara, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130115140 - ELECTRONIC CENSER | 29 | 34 |
| 62 | James M. Hart | US | Belleville, MI | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090206 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 55 | 64 |
| 63 | Ahmadreza (reza) Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029598 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INTRA-CHIP AND EXTRA-CHIP RF COMMUNICATION | 74 | 86 |
| 64 | Yossi Gross | IL | Moshav Mazor | May 16, 2013 / 20130123880 - DETECTOR-BASED AORTIC STIMULATION | 26 | 30 |
| 65 | Ki Seon Ryu | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120140733 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER BY CHANGING ZONES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 33 | 38 |
| 66 | Nan-Xing Hu | CA | Oakville | May 09, 2013 / 20130116369 - FUSER COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | 27 | 31 |
| 67 | John T. Stites | US | Weatherford, TX | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130102410 - Golf Club and Golf Club Head Structures | 27 | 31 |
| 68 | Jari Vikberg | SE | Jarna | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130084870 - METHOD FOR HANDLING HANDOVER IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | 27 | 31 |
| 69 | Jeffrey E. Stahmann | US | Ramsey, MN | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130060151 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATION | 28 | 32 |
| 70 | Richard T. Lord | US | Tacoma, WA | May 23, 2013 / 20130133054 - Relationship Based Trust Verification Schema | 42 | 48 |
| 71 | Charles Abraham | US | Los Gatos, CA | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130016008 - Method and System for a Full GNSS Signals That Indicate | 43 | 49 |
| 72 | Jia-Ping Wang | CN | Beijing | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130045413 - CURRENT COLLECTOR AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | 23 | 26 |
| 73 | Niall R. Lynam | US | Holland, MI | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130016217 - INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE | 31 | 35 |
| 74 | Jin Woo Kim | KR | Seoul | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130065284 - MODIFIED MICROORGANISM FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID | 51 | 57 |
| 75 | Mikio Iwamura | JP | Kanagawa | Mar 29, 2012 / 20120076084 - MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION | 36 | 40 |
| 76 | Byoung Gill Kim | KR | Seoul | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120246541 - DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DTV SIGNAL | 50 | 55 |
| 77 | Shinji Ichikawa | JP | Toyota-Shi | May 23, 2013 / 20130127411 - COIL UNIT, NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, NON-CONTACT POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | 21 | 23 |
| 78 | Debashis Ghosh | US | Charlotte, NC | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130073620 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC TRADING BASED UPON INFLUENCE | 21 | 23 |
| 79 | Charles Whitmer | US | North Bend, WA | May 23, 2013 / 20130130067 - FLUID-SURFACED ELECTRODE | 56 | 61 |
| 80 | Tai-Her Yang | TW | Dzan-Hwa | May 23, 2013 / 20130130851 - TREADLE-DRIVE ECCENTRIC WHEEL TRANSMISSION WHEEL SERIES WITH PERIODICALLY VARIED SPEED RATIO | 45 | 49 |
| 81 | Dan Peters | SE | Malmo | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040985 - CHROMEN-2-ONE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS MONOAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTER RE-UPTAKE INHIBITORS | 36 | 39 |
| 82 | Hiroshi Yahata | JP | Osaka | May 09, 2013 / 20130113701 - IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE | 25 | 27 |
| 83 | Jin Sam Kwak | KR | Anyang-Si | May 23, 2013 / 20130130702 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A SEGMENT IDENTIFIER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 28 | 30 |
| 84 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Bellevue, WA | May 23, 2013 / 20130133054 - Relationship Based Trust Verification Schema | 60 | 64 |
| 85 | Michael J. Sullivan | US | Barrington, RI | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130072322 - COMPOSITIONS FOR GOLF BALLS BASED ON ORIENTED NANOSTRUCTURES | 62 | 66 |
| 86 | Ayman Hammad | US | Pleasanton, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066781 - ENCRYPTION SWITCH PROCESSING | 32 | 34 |
| 87 | Fuminori Homma | JP | Tokyo | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120314953 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | 21 | 22 |
| 88 | John Erik Hershey | US | Ballston Lake, NY | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130101116 - WIRED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY AND SECURITY | 21 | 22 |
| 89 | Kenichi Miyoshi | JP | Kanagawa | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120328056 - COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | 21 | 22 |
| 90 | Kaizhong Gao | US | Eden Prairie, MN | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130100783 - Recording Head for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording with a Side Lobe Blocker | 22 | 23 |
| 91 | Sung Eun Kim | KR | Seoul | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130069014 - CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION FOR LOW TEMPERATURE FIRING | 22 | 23 |
| 92 | Peter L. Hagelstein | US | Carlisle, MA | May 09, 2013 / 20130112924 - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions including fluidized x-ray shielding compositions | 22 | 23 |
| 93 | Ki Jun Kim | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130016764 - Apparatus and Method for Generating Codebook in a Wireless Communication System | 23 | 24 |
| 94 | Chris D. Karkanias | US | Sammamish, WA | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130024408 - ACTION EXECUTION BASED ON USER MODIFIED HYPOTHESIS | 25 | 26 |
| 95 | Hyoung Gon Lee | KR | Seoul | May 16, 2013 / 20130125212 - REMOTE DISPLAYING | 54 | 56 |
| 96 | Steven Nielsen | US | North Palm Beach, FL | May 09, 2013 / 20130116855 - METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING VEHICLE DATA AND GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS | 32 | 33 |
| 97 | Tingfang Ji | US | San Diego, CA | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053078 - BACKHAUL ENHANCEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE MULTI-POINT (COMP) OPERATIONS | 32 | 33 |
| 98 | Daichi Imamura | JP | Kanagawa | May 23, 2013 / 20130128856 - BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CALCULATION PARAMETERS FOR POWER HEADROOM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM | 47 | 48 |
| 99 | Jason L. Harris | US | Mason, OH | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053831 - SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING DEVICE WITH DESCENDIBLE SECOND TRIGGER ARRANGEMENT | 23 | 23 |
| 100 | Koji Shimazawa | JP | Tokyo | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130091695 - METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THERMALLY-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD THAT SUPPRESSES PROTRUSION OF A PLASMON GENERATOR | 26 | 26 |