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	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~6439~~</small>		\|\|<small>6443</small>
	\|\|<small>~~2849~~</small>		\|\|<small>2848</small>
	\|\|<small>44.2%</small>		\|\|<small>44.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>1972—2024</small>		\|\|<small>1972—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Tao Luo</small>		\|\|<small>Tao Luo</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~3552~~</small>		\|\|<small>3566</small>
	\|\|<small>~~2983~~</small>		\|\|<small>2996</small>
	\|\|<small>84.0%</small>		\|\|<small>84.0%</small>
	\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>18.5</small>		\|\|<small>18.5</small>
	\|\|<small>~~192~~</small>		\|\|<small>193</small>
	\|\|<small>5.6</small>		\|\|<small>5.6</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>2758</small>		\|\|<small>2758</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1515~~</small>		\|\|<small>1514</small>
	\|\|<small>54.9%</small>		\|\|<small>54.9%</small>
	\|\|<small>2004—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2004—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>20.1</small>		\|\|<small>20</small>
	\|\|<small>~~137~~</small>		\|\|<small>138</small>
	\|\|<small>3.9</small>		\|\|<small>3.9</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Frederick E. Shelton IV</small>		\|\|<small>Frederick E. Shelton IV</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~2428~~</small>		\|\|<small>2430</small>
	\|\|<small>1137</small>		\|\|<small>1137</small>
	\|\|<small>46.8%</small>		\|\|<small>46.8%</small>
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	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~2279~~</small>		\|\|<small>2286</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1930~~</small>		\|\|<small>1935</small>
	\|\|<small>84.7%</small>		\|\|<small>84.6%</small>
	\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>22</small>		\|\|<small>22</small>
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	\|\|<small>Peter Gaal</small>		\|\|<small>Peter Gaal</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~2228~~</small>		\|\|<small>2229</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1712~~</small>		\|\|<small>1713</small>
	\|\|<small>76.8%</small>		\|\|<small>76.9%</small>
	\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>22.3</small>		\|\|<small>22.3</small>
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	\|\|<small>Wanshi Chen</small>		\|\|<small>Wanshi Chen</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~2085~~</small>		\|\|<small>2088</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1611~~</small>		\|\|<small>1613</small>
	\|\|<small>77.3%</small>		\|\|<small>77.3%</small>
	\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>15.5</small>		\|\|<small>15.6</small>
	\|\|<small>~~135~~</small>		\|\|<small>134</small>
	\|\|<small>5.7</small>		\|\|<small>5.7</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Chen-Hua Yu</small>		\|\|<small>Chen-Hua Yu</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1762~~</small>		\|\|<small>1765</small>
	\|\|<small>~~944~~</small>		\|\|<small>947</small>
	\|\|<small>53.6%</small>		\|\|<small>53.7%</small>
	\|\|<small>1996—2024</small>		\|\|<small>1996—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>28.4</small>		\|\|<small>28.5</small>
	\|\|<small>62</small>		\|\|<small>62</small>
	\|\|<small>4.9</small>		\|\|<small>4.9</small>
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	\|\|<small>Xiaoxia Zhang</small>		\|\|<small>Xiaoxia Zhang</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1703~~</small>		\|\|<small>1709</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1471~~</small>		\|\|<small>1477</small>
	\|\|<small>86.4%</small>		\|\|<small>86.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>15.8</small>		\|\|<small>15.9</small>
	\|\|<small>~~108~~</small>		\|\|<small>107</small>
	\|\|<small>5.5</small>		\|\|<small>5.5</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Esmael H. Dinan</small>		\|\|<small>Esmael H. Dinan</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1621~~</small>		\|\|<small>1629</small>
	\|\|<small>~~678~~</small>		\|\|<small>684</small>
	\|\|<small>41.8%</small>		\|\|<small>42.0%</small>
	\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>18.4</small>		\|\|<small>18.4</small>
	\|\|<small>88</small>		\|\|<small>89</small>
	\|\|<small>3.6</small>		\|\|<small>3.6</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Jun Koyama</small>		\|\|<small>Jun Koyama</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1493~~</small>		\|\|<small>1494</small>
	\|\|<small>618</small>		\|\|<small>618</small>
	\|\|<small>41.4%</small>		\|\|<small>41.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>1991—2022</small>		\|\|<small>1991—2022</small>
	\|\|<small>30.8</small>		\|\|<small>30.8</small>
	\|\|<small>48</small>		\|\|<small>49</small>
	\|\|<small>3.1</small>		\|\|<small>3.1</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|Japan}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|Japan}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Jing Sun</small>		\|\|<small>Jing Sun</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1424~~</small>		\|\|<small>1426</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1203~~</small>		\|\|<small>1205</small>
	\|\|<small>84.5%</small>		\|\|<small>84.5%</small>
	\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Sarbajit K. Rakshit</small>		\|\|<small>Sarbajit K. Rakshit</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1332~~</small>		\|\|<small>1333</small>
	\|\|<small>~~1113~~</small>		\|\|<small>1112</small>
	\|\|<small>83.6%</small>		\|\|<small>83.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>11.9</small>		\|\|<small>11.9</small>
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	\|\|<small>Shan Liu</small>		\|\|<small>Shan Liu</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1234~~</small>		\|\|<small>1243</small>
	\|\|<small>~~813~~</small>		\|\|<small>819</small>
	\|\|<small>65.9%</small>		\|\|<small>65.9%</small>
	\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>11.2</small>		\|\|<small>11.2</small>
	\|\|<small>~~110~~</small>		\|\|<small>111</small>
	\|\|<small>3.4</small>		\|\|<small>3.4</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Satoshi Seo</small>		\|\|<small>Satoshi Seo</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1191~~</small>		\|\|<small>1193</small>
	\|\|<small>~~563~~</small>		\|\|<small>565</small>
	\|\|<small>47.3%</small>		\|\|<small>47.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>~~21.9~~</small>		\|\|<small>22</small>
	\|\|<small>54</small>		\|\|<small>54</small>
	\|\|<small>4.1</small>		\|\|<small>4.1</small>
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	\|\|<small>Suckchel Yang</small>		\|\|<small>Suckchel Yang</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1185~~</small>		\|\|<small>1186</small>
	\|\|<small>~~763~~</small>		\|\|<small>764</small>
	\|\|<small>64.4%</small>		\|\|<small>64.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Kijun Kim</small>		\|\|<small>Kijun Kim</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1150~~</small>		\|\|<small>1151</small>
	\|\|<small>~~799~~</small>		\|\|<small>800</small>
	\|\|<small>69.5%</small>		\|\|<small>69.5%</small>
	\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>~~10.9~~</small>		\|\|<small>11</small>
	\|\|<small>~~106~~</small>		\|\|<small>105</small>
	\|\|<small>4.6</small>		\|\|<small>4.6</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|South Korea}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|South Korea}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1067~~</small>		\|\|<small>1068</small>
	\|\|<small>~~877~~</small>		\|\|<small>878</small>
	\|\|<small>82.2%</small>		\|\|<small>82.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>2000—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2000—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>23.8</small>		\|\|<small>23.9</small>
	\|\|<small>45</small>		\|\|<small>45</small>
	\|\|<small>4.0</small>		\|\|<small>4.0</small>
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	\|\|<small>Rick Allen Hamilton II</small>		\|\|<small>Rick Allen Hamilton II</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1062~~</small>		\|\|<small>1063</small>
	\|\|<small>714</small>		\|\|<small>714</small>
	\|\|<small>67.2%</small>		\|\|<small>67.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>1999—2024</small>		\|\|<small>1999—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>25</small>		\|\|<small>25</small>
	\|\|<small>42</small>		\|\|<small>43</small>
	\|\|<small>4.2</small>		\|\|<small>4.2</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Jason L. Harris</small>		\|\|<small>Jason L. Harris</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1053~~</small>		\|\|<small>1055</small>
	\|\|<small>~~612~~</small>		\|\|<small>614</small>
	\|\|<small>58.1%</small>		\|\|<small>58.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>2011—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2011—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>13.8</small>		\|\|<small>13.8</small>
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	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>1037</small>		\|\|<small>1037</small>
	\|\|<small>~~775~~</small>		\|\|<small>774</small>
	\|\|<small>74.7%</small>		\|\|<small>74.6%</small>
	\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2013—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>11.8</small>		\|\|<small>11.8</small>
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	\|\|<small>Takahiro Nishi</small>		\|\|<small>Takahiro Nishi</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1023~~</small>		\|\|<small>1027</small>
	\|\|<small>~~359~~</small>		\|\|<small>362</small>
	\|\|<small>35.1%</small>		\|\|<small>35.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>2001—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2001—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>23.2</small>		\|\|<small>23.3</small>
	\|\|<small>44</small>		\|\|<small>44</small>
	\|\|<small>6.3</small>		\|\|<small>6.3</small>
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	\|\|<small>Tingfang Ji</small>		\|\|<small>Tingfang Ji</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~1014~~</small>		\|\|<small>1015</small>
	\|\|<small>~~753~~</small>		\|\|<small>754</small>
	\|\|<small>74.3%</small>		\|\|<small>74.3%</small>
	\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~961~~</small>		\|\|<small>962</small>
	\|\|<small>467</small>		\|\|<small>467</small>
	\|\|<small>48.6%</small>		\|\|<small>48.5%</small>
	\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>22.4</small>		\|\|<small>22.4</small>
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	\|\|<small>Seungmin Lee</small>		\|\|<small>Seungmin Lee</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~958~~</small>		\|\|<small>959</small>
	\|\|<small>~~707~~</small>		\|\|<small>708</small>
	\|\|<small>73.8%</small>		\|\|<small>73.8%</small>
	\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Hao Xu</small>		\|\|<small>Hao Xu</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~915~~</small>		\|\|<small>916</small>
	\|\|<small>~~653~~</small>		\|\|<small>654</small>
	\|\|<small>71.4%</small>		\|\|<small>71.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2005—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2005—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Hajime Kimura</small>		\|\|<small>Hajime Kimura</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~891~~</small>		\|\|<small>893</small>
	\|\|<small>~~281~~</small>		\|\|<small>283</small>
	\|\|<small>31.5%</small>		\|\|<small>31.7%</small>
	\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2002—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>22</small>		\|\|<small>22</small>
	\|\|<small>40</small>		\|\|<small>41</small>
	\|\|<small>2.6</small>		\|\|<small>2.6</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|Japan}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|Japan}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Hongyuan Zhang</small>		\|\|<small>Hongyuan Zhang</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~871~~</small>		\|\|<small>872</small>
	\|\|<small>~~476~~</small>		\|\|<small>477</small>
	\|\|<small>54.6%</small>		\|\|<small>54.7%</small>
	\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>15.5</small>		\|\|<small>15.5</small>
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	\|\|<small>77.9%</small>		\|\|<small>77.9%</small>
	\|\|<small>1997—2020</small>		\|\|<small>1997—2020</small>
	\|\|<small>23.5</small>		\|\|<small>23.4</small>
	\|\|<small>36</small>		\|\|<small>37</small>
	\|\|<small>6.8</small>		\|\|<small>6.8</small>
	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>838</small>		\|\|<small>838</small>
	\|\|<small>~~130~~</small>		\|\|<small>128</small>
	\|\|<small>15.5%</small>		\|\|<small>15.3%</small>
	\|\|<small>1991—2017</small>		\|\|<small>1991—2017</small>
	\|\|<small>26.4</small>		\|\|<small>26.4</small>
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	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~835~~</small>		\|\|<small>836</small>
	\|\|<small>548</small>		\|\|<small>548</small>
	\|\|<small>65.6%</small>		\|\|<small>65.6%</small>
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	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
		⚫	\|-
		⚫	\|\|<small>Yan Zhou</small>
		⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
		⚫	\|\|<small>815</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>727</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>89.2%</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>12.2</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>67</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>4.4</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|<small>Devendra K. Sadana</small>		\|\|<small>Devendra K. Sadana</small>
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	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
⚫	\|-
⚫	\|\|<small>Yan Zhou</small>
⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~808~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~721~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>89.2%</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>12.2</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>66</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>4.4</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|<small>Stuart C. Salter</small>		\|\|<small>Stuart C. Salter</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~798~~</small>		\|\|<small>799</small>
	\|\|<small>~~750~~</small>		\|\|<small>751</small>
	\|\|<small>94.0%</small>		\|\|<small>94.0%</small>
	\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2009—2024</small>
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	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>781</small>		\|\|<small>781</small>
	\|\|<small>~~381~~</small>		\|\|<small>380</small>
	\|\|<small>48.8%</small>		\|\|<small>48.7%</small>
	\|\|<small>2005—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2005—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>19.7</small>		\|\|<small>19.5</small>
	\|\|<small>40</small>		\|\|<small>40</small>
	\|\|<small>3.5</small>		\|\|<small>3.5</small>
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	\|\|<small>Satoshi Nagata</small>		\|\|<small>Satoshi Nagata</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~767~~</small>		\|\|<small>770</small>
	\|\|<small>~~730~~</small>		\|\|<small>733</small>
	\|\|<small>95.2%</small>		\|\|<small>95.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>2011—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2011—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
		⚫	\|-
		⚫	\|\|<small>Kyungmin Park</small>
		⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
		⚫	\|\|<small>762</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>394</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>51.7%</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>10.6</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>72</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>5.2</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|<small>Jeyhan Karaoguz</small>		\|\|<small>Jeyhan Karaoguz</small>
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	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>		\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
⚫	\|-
⚫	\|\|<small>Kyungmin Park</small>
⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~756~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~390~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>51.6%</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>10.6</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>71</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>5.2</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>]</small>
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|<small>]</small>		\|\|<small>]</small>
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	\|\|<small>Jean-Philippe M. Vasseur</small>		\|\|<small>Jean-Philippe M. Vasseur</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~727~~</small>		\|\|<small>729</small>
	\|\|<small>~~590~~</small>		\|\|<small>592</small>
	\|\|<small>81.2%</small>		\|\|<small>81.2%</small>
	\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2006—2024</small>
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	\|\|<small>Chung-Shi Liu</small>		\|\|<small>Chung-Shi Liu</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~701~~</small>		\|\|<small>703</small>
	\|\|<small>~~378~~</small>		\|\|<small>380</small>
	\|\|<small>53.9%</small>		\|\|<small>54.1%</small>
	\|\|<small>2000—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2000—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>24.7</small>		\|\|<small>24.9</small>
	\|\|<small>28</small>		\|\|<small>28</small>
	\|\|<small>6.1</small>		\|\|<small>6.1</small>
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		⚫	\|\|<small>Hua Zhou</small>
		⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
		⚫	\|\|<small>688</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>393</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>57.1%</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>12.8</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>54</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>5.5</small>
		⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|\|<small>Irwin Gerszberg</small>		\|\|<small>Irwin Gerszberg</small>
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⚫	\|\|<small>Hua Zhou</small>
⚫	\|\|<ref></ref>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~682~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>~~388~~</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>56.9%</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>2012—2024</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>12.8</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>53</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>5.5</small>
⚫	\|\|<small>{{flag\|USA}}</small>
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	\|-		\|-
	\|\|<small>Eric C. Leuthardt</small>		\|\|<small>Eric C. Leuthardt</small>
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	\|\|<small>Woosuk Ko</small>		\|\|<small>Woosuk Ko</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~672~~</small>		\|\|<small>673</small>
	\|\|<small>~~271~~</small>		\|\|<small>272</small>
	\|\|<small>40.3%</small>		\|\|<small>40.4%</small>
	\|\|<small>2015—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2015—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>9.6</small>		\|\|<small>9.6</small>
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	\|\|<small>663</small>		\|\|<small>663</small>
	\|\|<small>~~645~~</small>		\|\|<small>644</small>
	\|\|<small>97.3%</small>		\|\|<small>97.1%</small>
	\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>		\|\|<small>2014—2024</small>
	\|\|<small>10.4</small>		\|\|<small>10.4</small>
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	\|\|<small>Toshiyasu Sugio</small>		\|\|<small>Toshiyasu Sugio</small>
	\|\|<ref></ref>		\|\|<ref></ref>
	\|\|<small>~~659~~</small>		\|\|<small>660</small>
	\|\|<small>240</small>		\|\|<small>240</small>
	\|\|<small>36.4%</small>		\|\|<small>36.4%</small>
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Revision as of 00:36, 4 December 2024

The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.

Prolific Inventors

Inventor	Pats	Fams	Fam %	Pat Yrs	Yrs	Pat /Yr	Inv /Pat	Pat Residence	Majority Assignment
Shunpei Yamazaki	6443	2848	44.2%	1972—2024	52.6	122	3.6	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Kia Silverbrook	4747	1311	27.6%	1994—2014	20	237	1.6	Australia	Silverbrook Research
Tao Luo	3566	2996	84.0%	2006—2024	18.5	193	5.6	USA	Qualcomm
Kangguo Cheng	2758	1514	54.9%	2004—2024	20	138	3.9	USA	IBM
Frederick E. Shelton IV	2430	1137	46.8%	2005—2024	19.4	125	4.5	USA	Ethicon
Junyi Li	2286	1935	84.6%	2002—2024	22	104	5.2	USA	Qualcomm
Peter Gaal	2229	1713	76.9%	2002—2024	22.3	100	5.9	USA	Qualcomm
Wanshi Chen	2088	1613	77.3%	2009—2024	15.6	134	5.7	USA	Qualcomm
Lowell L. Wood, Jr.	1996	1325	66.4%	1971—2024	52.5	38	8.8	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Roderick A. Hyde	1891	1252	66.2%	2001—2023	22.4	84	8.7	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Chen-Hua Yu	1765	947	53.7%	1996—2024	28.5	62	4.9	Taiwan	TSMC
Xiaoxia Zhang	1709	1477	86.4%	2009—2024	15.9	107	5.5	USA	Qualcomm
Hanbyul Seo	1678	1236	73.7%	2012—2024	12.6	133	3.8	South Korea	LG
Esmael H. Dinan	1629	684	42.0%	2006—2024	18.4	89	3.6	USA	Ofinno
Jun Koyama	1494	618	41.4%	1991—2022	30.8	49	3.1	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Gurtej Singh Sandhu	1427	584	40.9%	1991—2024	32.5	44	2.5	USA	Micron
Jing Sun	1426	1205	84.5%	2012—2024	11.9	120	5.9	USA	Qualcomm
Sarbajit K. Rakshit	1333	1112	83.4%	2013—2024	11.9	112	3.4	India	IBM
Shou-Shan Fan	1307	1093	83.6%	2006—2024	18.5	71	4.2	China	Hon Hai
Paul Lapstun	1305	246	18.9%	2000—2022	21.4	61	2.5	Australia	Silverbrook Research
Alexander Reznicek	1253	751	59.9%	2006—2024	18.6	67	3.9	USA	IBM
Clarence T. Tegreene	1248	903	72.4%	2000—2024	23.5	53	10.1	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Shan Liu	1243	819	65.9%	2013—2024	11.2	111	3.4	USA	Tencent
Satoshi Seo	1193	565	47.4%	2002—2024	22	54	4.1	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Suckchel Yang	1186	764	64.4%	2013—2024	11.4	104	4.7	South Korea	LG
Kijun Kim	1151	800	69.5%	2013—2024	11	105	4.6	South Korea	LG
Joonkui Ahn	1122	728	64.9%	2013—2024	11.3	99	4.7	South Korea	LG
Edward K. Y. Jung	1111	794	71.5%	1996—2022	26.1	43	8.0	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Juan Montojo	1110	907	81.7%	2004—2024	20.7	54	6.9	USA	Qualcomm
Leonard Forbes	1109	411	37.1%	1975—2019	43.3	26	2.6	USA	Micron
Thomas Edison	1084	NA	NA	1869—1933	63.9	17	1.0	USA	Thomas Edison
Marta Karczewicz	1068	878	82.2%	2000—2024	23.9	45	4.0	USA	Qualcomm
Rick Allen Hamilton II	1063	714	67.2%	1999—2024	25	43	4.2	USA	IBM
Jason L. Harris	1055	614	58.2%	2011—2024	13.8	76	6.0	USA	Ethicon
Ruilong Xie	1037	774	74.6%	2013—2024	11.8	88	4.2	USA	IBM
Takahiro Nishi	1027	362	35.2%	2001—2024	23.3	44	6.3	Japan	Panasonic
Tingfang Ji	1015	754	74.3%	2006—2024	18.3	55	6.9	USA	Qualcomm
Jason K. Resch	1013	507	50.0%	2009—2024	15.2	67	4.2	USA	IBM
Donald E. Weder	1000	395	39.5%	1978—2015	37.1	27	1.1	USA	Weder Family Trust
Michael J. Sullivan	994	534	53.7%	1989—2024	34.5	29	3.8	USA	Acushnet Holdings
George Albert Lyon	993	NA	NA	1901—1965	64.5	15	1.0	Canada	Lyon George Albert
Jordin T. Kare	989	640	64.7%	1992—2023	30.5	32	9.1	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Yunjung Yi	985	695	70.6%	2015—2024	8.9	111	3.3	South Korea	LG
Jay S. Walker	979	422	43.1%	1998—2024	26.3	37	5.2	USA	Walker Digital
Ahmadreza Rofougaran	962	467	48.5%	2002—2024	22.4	43	6.4	USA	Broadcom
Seungmin Lee	959	708	73.8%	2014—2024	10.1	95	3.5	South Korea	LG
John F. O'Connor	949	NA	NA	1901—1935	33.9	28	NA	USA	William H. Miner
Melvin De Groote	925	NA	NA	1924—1966	41.8	22	NA	USA	Petrolite
David R. Hall	918	760	82.8%	1985—2024	39.4	23	3.8	USA	Hall Labs
Hao Xu	916	654	71.4%	2005—2024	19.6	47	4.7	China	Qualcomm
Nathan Myhrvold	905	613	67.7%	1994—2024	29.7	30	11.1	USA	Intellectual Ventures
William H. Eby	899	895	99.6%	1994—2024	30.2	30	1.2	USA	Monsanto
Francis H. Richards	894	NA	NA	1899—1930	30.8	29	NA	USA	Francis H. Richards
Hajime Kimura	893	283	31.7%	2002—2024	22	41	2.6	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Mark Malamud	886	690	77.9%	1997—2022	25.1	35	7.5	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Hongyuan Zhang	872	477	54.7%	2009—2024	15.5	56	3.9	USA	Marvell
Robert W. Lord	867	682	78.7%	2003—2024	20.4	42	7.6	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Royce A. Levien	855	666	77.9%	1997—2020	23.4	37	6.8	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Chih-Chao Yang	840	524	62.4%	2003—2024	20.9	40	3.4	USA	IBM
Muriel Y. Ishikawa	839	560	66.7%	2002—2023	21.2	40	11.1	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Lee D. Whetsel	838	128	15.3%	1991—2017	26.4	32	1.1	USA	Texas Instruments
Michael K. Gschwind	836	442	52.9%	2001—2021	20.6	41	2.6	USA	IBM
Clifford A. Pickover	836	548	65.6%	1992—2024	32.2	26	3.9	USA	IBM
Yan Zhou	815	727	89.2%	2012—2024	12.2	67	4.4	USA	Qualcomm
Devendra K. Sadana	814	458	56.3%	1983—2024	41.7	20	4.3	USA	IBM
Stuart C. Salter	799	751	94.0%	2009—2024	14.9	54	4.8	USA	Ford
Youngdae Lee	796	626	78.6%	2014—2024	10.6	75	3.1	South Korea	LG
SungDuck Chun	795	486	61.1%	2007—2024	17	47	3.8	South Korea	LG
Salman Akram	784	291	37.1%	1995—2024	29.4	27	2.9	USA	Micron
Hsien-Wei Chen	781	380	48.7%	2005—2024	19.5	40	3.5	Taiwan	TSMC
Warren M. Farnworth	774	289	37.3%	1990—2020	24.4	32	2.8	USA	Micron
Justin T. Mason	774	770	99.5%	2008—2024	16	48	1.0	USA	MS Technologies
James A. Jorasch	771	309	40.1%	1994—2023	29	27	3.9	USA	Walker Digital
Satoshi Nagata	770	733	95.2%	2011—2024	13.1	59	4.0	Japan	NTT
Bruce B. Doris	763	433	56.7%	1995—2023	28.6	27	4.2	USA	IBM
Kyungmin Park	762	394	51.7%	2014—2024	10.6	72	5.2	USA	Ofinno
Jeyhan Karaoguz	757	371	49.0%	1996—2020	23.8	32	4.6	USA	Broadcom
Carleton Ellis	753	NA	NA	1902—1946	43.1	17	NA	USA	Ellis Foster Co
Xue Dong	752	731	97.2%	2010—2024	13.9	54	7.4	China	BOE
Ali Khakifirooz	751	407	54.2%	2011—2024	12.9	58	4.2	USA	IBM
John M. Santosuosso	738	466	63.1%	2001—2022	20.7	36	3.9	USA	IBM
Hideo Ando	733	123	16.8%	1983—2020	36.7	20	3.1	Japan	Toshiba
Frederick A. Ware	731	227	31.1%	1981—2024	42.8	17	2.8	USA	Rambus
Shougo Sato	730	282	38.6%	1992—2024	32.1	23	1.8	Japan	Brother
Jean-Philippe M. Vasseur	729	592	81.2%	2006—2024	18.6	39	2.6	France	Cisco Systems
George Spector	723	723	100%	1974—1998	24.6	29	2.1	USA	George Spector
Austin L. Gurney	718	182	25.3%	1999—2021	21.6	33	2.9	USA	Genentech
Lisa Seacat DeLuca	712	516	72.5%	2009—2024	15.7	45	2.7	USA	IBM
Gregory J. Boss	710	487	68.6%	2008—2024	16.6	43	4.2	USA	IBM
Chung-Shi Liu	703	380	54.1%	2000—2024	24.9	28	6.1	Taiwan	TSMC
Tetsujiro Kondo	700	528	75.4%	1987—2021	34	21	3.8	Japan	Sony
Elihu Thomson	696	NA	NA	1899—1935	35.9	19	NA	USA	GE
Hua Zhou	688	393	57.1%	2012—2024	12.8	54	5.5	USA	Ofinno
Irwin Gerszberg	682	312	45.7%	1994—2023	29.2	23	6.8	USA	AT&T
Eric C. Leuthardt	680	459	67.5%	2006—2024	17.8	38	9.1	USA	Intellectual Ventures
Woosuk Ko	673	272	40.4%	2015—2024	9.6	70	3.4	South Korea	LG
Xiaochuan Chen	663	644	97.1%	2014—2024	10.4	64	7.0	China	BOE
Toshiyasu Sugio	660	240	36.4%	2009—2024	15.2	43	4.9	Japan	Panasonic
Aleksandar Damnjanovic	658	483	73.4%	2003—2024	21.2	31	4.4	USA	Qualcomm
Paul S. Henry	657	301	45.8%	1978—2023	44.9	15	6.3	USA	AT&T

This table is usually updated every Tuesday, and is current as of December 3, 2024.

The columns are defined as follows:

Inventor: The name of the inventor.
Pats: The number of utility patents that have been issued. Only utility patents (or the international equivalent) are listed, as a utility patent is a patent for an invention. Not all patents are for inventions. Other patent types include: design patents for the ornamental design of an object; plant patents for plant varieties; and reissue patents, where a correction is made to an already granted patent. This list does not include patent applications (patents pending) as there is no guarantee that a patent application actually describes a novel invention until the patent is granted.
Fams: The number of patent families, which in USPTO data includes an original or continuation-in-part patent by itself or with one or more continuation or divisional patents based on the original or continuation-in-part patent. This is different than global patent families that represent a patent filed in more than one jurisdiction. "NA" signifies the inventor was active prior to digital records.
Fam %: The percentage of original and continuation-in-part patents that are in the inventor's patent portfolio . "NA" signifies the inventor was active prior to digital records.
Pat Yrs: The first and last year in which an inventor received a patent issuance.
Yrs: The number of years from first issuance to most recent issuance, rounded to first decimal based on dates.
Pats /Yr: The average number of patents received per year .
Inv / Pat: The average number of inventors listed on the inventor's most recent 50 patents as of September 7, 2021 or on the date the inventor was added to the table if later. "NA" signifies the inventor was active prior to digital records.
Pat Residence: The country of inventor's residence listed in their most recent patent issuance.
Majority Assignment: The entity that has the most patents assigned from an inventor's portfolio. This is current and not original assignment. It is usually, but not always an indication of which company the inventor worked at for the majority of their patent activity.

Significance of inventions

This table is a sortable list of the most prolific inventors as measured by utility patents granted. It does not include other types of invention, such as inventions that were never applied for nor granted, for which there is no known source. Nor does the table attempt to measure the significance of an inventor and their inventions. The significance of inventions is often not apparent until many decades after the invention has been made. For recent inventors, it is not yet possible to determine their place in history.

Various published lists

Rankings of prolific inventors have been published at various times. However, until the patent records were digitized, these lists were very tedious to prepare, as many thousands of patent records had to be checked manually. Even after digitization, it is still not a simple process. While the USPTO keeps statistics for annual rankings of inventions assigned to companies, it no longer publishes rankings of individual inventors. The last such list was published by the USPTO in 1998. Also, patents predating 1976 have not yet been digitized in the USPTO records. This means that patents before 1976 will not be included in a USPTO search by inventor name, and the number of patents granted before 1976 must be added to current searches.

A more extensive list of prolific inventors with additional information and ability to filter on country, gender, time period, patent type, and Nobel laureate title can be found at idiyas.com/top/inventors. There are some discrepancies with this article due to different inventor queries that attempt to account for data issues such as typos and multiple inventors with the same name.

References

"USPTO publication: Prolific Inventors Receiving Utility Patents 1988–1997" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

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