List of prolific inventors explained

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	^[1]	6443	2848	44.2%	1972—2024	52.6	122	3.6	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Kia Silverbrook	^[2]	4747	1311	27.6%	1994—2014	20	237	1.6	Australia	Silverbrook Research
Tao Luo	^[3]	3566	2996	84.0%	2006—2024	18.5	193	5.6	United States	Qualcomm
Kangguo Cheng	^[4]	2758	1514	54.9%	2004—2024	20	138	3.9	United States	IBM
Frederick E. Shelton IV	^[5]	2430	1137	46.8%	2005—2024	19.4	125	4.5	United States	Ethicon
Junyi Li	^[6]	2286	1935	84.6%	2002—2024	22	104	5.2	United States	Qualcomm
Peter Gaal	^[7]	2229	1713	76.9%	2002—2024	22.3	100	5.9	United States	Qualcomm
Wanshi Chen	^[8]	2088	1613	77.3%	2009—2024	15.6	134	5.7	United States	Qualcomm
Lowell L. Wood, Jr.	^[9]	1996	1325	66.4%	1971—2024	52.5	38	8.8	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Roderick A. Hyde	^[10]	1891	1252	66.2%	2001—2023	22.4	84	8.7	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Chen-Hua Yu	^[11]	1765	947	53.7%	1996—2024	28.5	62	4.9		TSMC
Xiaoxia Zhang	^[12]	1709	1477	86.4%	2009—2024	15.9	107	5.5	United States	Qualcomm
Hanbyul Seo	^[13]	1678	1236	73.7%	2012—2024	12.6	133	3.8		LG
Esmael H. Dinan	^[14]	1629	684	42.0%	2006—2024	18.4	89	3.6	United States	Ofinno
Jun Koyama	^[15]	1494	618	41.4%	1991—2022	30.8	49	3.1	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Gurtej Singh Sandhu	^[16]	1427	584	40.9%	1991—2024	32.5	44	2.5	United States	Micron
Jing Sun	^[17]	1426	1205	84.5%	2012—2024	11.9	120	5.9	United States	Qualcomm
Sarbajit K. Rakshit	^[18]	1333	1112	83.4%	2013—2024	11.9	112	3.4	India	IBM
Shou-Shan Fan	^[19]	1307	1093	83.6%	2006—2024	18.5	71	4.2	China	Hon Hai
Paul Lapstun	^[20]	1305	246	18.9%	2000—2022	21.4	61	2.5	Australia	Silverbrook Research
Alexander Reznicek	^[21]	1253	751	59.9%	2006—2024	18.6	67	3.9	United States	IBM
Clarence T. Tegreene	^[22]	1248	903	72.4%	2000—2024	23.5	53	10.1	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Shan Liu	^[23]	1243	819	65.9%	2013—2024	11.2	111	3.4	United States	Tencent
Satoshi Seo	^[24]	1193	565	47.4%	2002—2024	22	54	4.1	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Suckchel Yang	^[25]	1186	764	64.4%	2013—2024	11.4	104	4.7		LG
Kijun Kim	^[26]	1151	800	69.5%	2013—2024	11	105	4.6		LG
Joonkui Ahn	^[27]	1122	728	64.9%	2013—2024	11.3	99	4.7		LG
Edward K. Y. Jung	^[28]	1111	794	71.5%	1996—2022	26.1	43	8.0	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Juan Montojo	^[29]	1110	907	81.7%	2004—2024	20.7	54	6.9	United States	Qualcomm
Leonard Forbes	^[30]	1109	411	37.1%	1975—2019	43.3	26	2.6	United States	Micron
Thomas Edison	^[31]	1084	NA	NA	1869—1933	63.9	17	1.0	United States	Thomas Edison
Marta Karczewicz	^[32]	1068	878	82.2%	2000—2024	23.9	45	4.0	United States	Qualcomm
Rick Allen Hamilton II	^[33]	1063	714	67.2%	1999—2024	25	43	4.2	United States	IBM
Jason L. Harris	^[34]	1055	614	58.2%	2011—2024	13.8	76	6.0	United States	Ethicon
Ruilong Xie	^[35]	1037	774	74.6%	2013—2024	11.8	88	4.2	United States	IBM
Takahiro Nishi	^[36]	1027	362	35.2%	2001—2024	23.3	44	6.3	Japan	Panasonic
Tingfang Ji	^[37]	1015	754	74.3%	2006—2024	18.3	55	6.9	United States	Qualcomm
Jason K. Resch	^[38]	1013	507	50.0%	2009—2024	15.2	67	4.2	United States	IBM
Donald E. Weder	^[39]	1000	395	39.5%	1978—2015	37.1	27	1.1	United States	Weder Family Trust
Michael J. Sullivan	^[40]	994	534	53.7%	1989—2024	34.5	29	3.8	United States	Acushnet Holdings
George Albert Lyon	^[41]	993	NA	NA	1901—1965	64.5	15	1.0	Canada	Lyon George Albert
Jordin T. Kare	^[42]	989	640	64.7%	1992—2023	30.5	32	9.1	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Yunjung Yi	^[43]	985	695	70.6%	2015—2024	8.9	111	3.3		LG
Jay S. Walker	^[44]	979	422	43.1%	1998—2024	26.3	37	5.2	United States	Walker Digital
Ahmadreza Rofougaran	^[45]	962	467	48.5%	2002—2024	22.4	43	6.4	United States	Broadcom
Seungmin Lee	^[46]	959	708	73.8%	2014—2024	10.1	95	3.5		LG
John F. O'Connor	^[47]	949	NA	NA	1901—1935	33.9	28	NA	United States	William H. Miner
Melvin De Groote	^[48]	925	NA	NA	1924—1966	41.8	22	NA	United States	Petrolite
David R. Hall	^[49]	918	760	82.8%	1985—2024	39.4	23	3.8	United States	Hall Labs
Hao Xu	^[50]	916	654	71.4%	2005—2024	19.6	47	4.7	China	Qualcomm
Nathan Myhrvold	^[51]	905	613	67.7%	1994—2024	29.7	30	11.1	United States	Intellectual Ventures
William H. Eby	^[52]	899	895	99.6%	1994—2024	30.2	30	1.2	United States	Monsanto
Francis H. Richards	^[53]	894	NA	NA	1899—1930	30.8	29	NA	United States	Francis H. Richards
Hajime Kimura	^[54]	893	283	31.7%	2002—2024	22	41	2.6	Japan	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Mark Malamud	^[55]	886	690	77.9%	1997—2022	25.1	35	7.5	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Hongyuan Zhang	^[56]	872	477	54.7%	2009—2024	15.5	56	3.9	United States	Marvell
Robert W. Lord	^[57]	867	682	78.7%	2003—2024	20.4	42	7.6	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Royce A. Levien	^[58]	855	666	77.9%	1997—2020	23.4	37	6.8	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Chih-Chao Yang	^[59]	840	524	62.4%	2003—2024	20.9	40	3.4	United States	IBM
Muriel Y. Ishikawa	^[60]	839	560	66.7%	2002—2023	21.2	40	11.1	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Lee D. Whetsel	^[61]	838	128	15.3%	1991—2017	26.4	32	1.1	United States	Texas Instruments
Michael K. Gschwind	^[62]	836	442	52.9%	2001—2021	20.6	41	2.6	United States	IBM
Clifford A. Pickover	^[63]	836	548	65.6%	1992—2024	32.2	26	3.9	United States	IBM
Yan Zhou	^[64]	815	727	89.2%	2012—2024	12.2	67	4.4	United States	Qualcomm
Devendra K. Sadana	^[65]	814	458	56.3%	1983—2024	41.7	20	4.3	United States	IBM
Stuart C. Salter	^[66]	799	751	94.0%	2009—2024	14.9	54	4.8	United States	Ford
Youngdae Lee	^[67]	796	626	78.6%	2014—2024	10.6	75	3.1		LG
SungDuck Chun	^[68]	795	486	61.1%	2007—2024	17	47	3.8		LG
Salman Akram	^[69]	784	291	37.1%	1995—2024	29.4	27	2.9	United States	Micron
Hsien-Wei Chen	^[70]	781	380	48.7%	2005—2024	19.5	40	3.5		TSMC
Warren M. Farnworth	^[71]	774	289	37.3%	1990—2020	24.4	32	2.8	United States	Micron
Justin T. Mason	^[72]	774	770	99.5%	2008—2024	16	48	1.0	United States	MS Technologies
James A. Jorasch	^[73]	771	309	40.1%	1994—2023	29	27	3.9	United States	Walker Digital
Satoshi Nagata	^[74]	770	733	95.2%	2011—2024	13.1	59	4.0	Japan	NTT
Bruce B. Doris	^[75]	763	433	56.7%	1995—2023	28.6	27	4.2	United States	IBM
Kyungmin Park	^[76]	762	394	51.7%	2014—2024	10.6	72	5.2	United States	Ofinno
Jeyhan Karaoguz	^[77]	757	371	49.0%	1996—2020	23.8	32	4.6	United States	Broadcom
Carleton Ellis	^[78]	753	NA	NA	1902—1946	43.1	17	NA	United States	Ellis Foster Co
Xue Dong	^[79]	752	731	97.2%	2010—2024	13.9	54	7.4	China	BOE
Ali Khakifirooz	^[80]	751	407	54.2%	2011—2024	12.9	58	4.2	United States	IBM
John M. Santosuosso	^[81]	738	466	63.1%	2001—2022	20.7	36	3.9	United States	IBM
Hideo Ando	^[82]	733	123	16.8%	1983—2020	36.7	20	3.1	Japan	Toshiba
Frederick A. Ware	^[83]	731	227	31.1%	1981—2024	42.8	17	2.8	United States	Rambus
Shougo Sato	^[84]	730	282	38.6%	1992—2024	32.1	23	1.8	Japan	Brother
Jean-Philippe M. Vasseur	^[85]	729	592	81.2%	2006—2024	18.6	39	2.6	France	Cisco Systems
George Spector	^[86]	723	723	100%	1974—1998	24.6	29	2.1	United States	George Spector
Austin L. Gurney	^[87]	718	182	25.3%	1999—2021	21.6	33	2.9	United States	Genentech
Lisa Seacat DeLuca	^[88]	712	516	72.5%	2009—2024	15.7	45	2.7	United States	IBM
Gregory J. Boss	^[89]	710	487	68.6%	2008—2024	16.6	43	4.2	United States	IBM
Chung-Shi Liu	^[90]	703	380	54.1%	2000—2024	24.9	28	6.1		TSMC
Tetsujiro Kondo	^[91]	700	528	75.4%	1987—2021	34	21	3.8	Japan	Sony
Elihu Thomson	^[92]	696	NA	NA	1899—1935	35.9	19	NA	United States	GE
Hua Zhou	^[93]	688	393	57.1%	2012—2024	12.8	54	5.5	United States	Ofinno
Irwin Gerszberg	^[94]	682	312	45.7%	1994—2023	29.2	23	6.8	United States	AT&T
Eric C. Leuthardt	^[95]	680	459	67.5%	2006—2024	17.8	38	9.1	United States	Intellectual Ventures
Woosuk Ko	^[96]	673	272	40.4%	2015—2024	9.6	70	3.4		LG
Xiaochuan Chen	^[97]	663	644	97.1%	2014—2024	10.4	64	7.0	China	BOE
Toshiyasu Sugio	^[98]	660	240	36.4%	2009—2024	15.2	43	4.9	Japan	Panasonic
Aleksandar Damnjanovic	^[99]	658	483	73.4%	2003—2024	21.2	31	4.4	United States	Qualcomm
Paul S. Henry	^[100]	657	301	45.8%	1978—2023	44.9	15	6.3	United States	AT&T

This table is usually updated every Tuesday, and is current .

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 [Fams column divided by Pats column, rounded to first decimal as a percentage]. "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 [Pats column divided by Yrs column, rounded].
• Inv / Pat: The average number of inventors listed on the inventor's most recent 50 patents 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.^[101] 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 . 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.

See also

• Timeline of historic inventions
• List of inventors

Notes and References

1. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Yamazaki-Shunpei%20OR%20Yamazaki-Shumpei%29.in. Shunpei Yamazaki
2. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Silverbrook-Kia%20OR%20Kia-Silverbrook%29.in. Kia Silverbrook
3. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Luo-Tao.in.%20AND%20%28%28Qualcomm%20OR%20Texas%29.as.%20OR%20Qualcomm.asn.%29 Tao Luo
4. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Cheng-Kangguo$%20OR%20Chen-Kangguo%29.in. Kangguo Cheng
5. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Shelton-IV-Fred$%20OR%20Shelton-Frederick$%29.in.%20AND%20%40py%3E%222004%22 Frederick E. Shelton IV
6. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Li-Junyi.in.%20AND%20NJ.inst. Junyi Li
7. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Gaal-Peter.in.%20AND%20Qualcomm.asn. Peter Gaal
8. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Chen-Wanshi.in.%20AND%20%28%28Qualcomm%20OR%20Ericsson%29.as.%20OR%20Qualcomm.asn.%29 Wanshi Chen
9. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Wood-Jr-Lowell$%20OR%20Wood-Lowell-L$%29.in. Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
10. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Hyde-Roderick-A.in. Roderick A. Hyde
11. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Yu-Chen-Hua.in.%20AND%20Taiwan.asn. Chen-Hua Yu
12. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Zhang-Xiaoxia.in.%20AND%20Qualcomm.asn. Xiaoxia Zhang
13. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Seo-Hanbyul.in. Hanbyul Seo
14. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Dinan-Esmael$%20OR%20Dinan-Esmail$%29.in. Esmael H. Dinan
15. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Koyama-Jun.in. Jun Koyama
16. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Sandhu-Gurtej$%20OR%20Gurtej-Sandhu$%29.in. Gurtej Singh Sandhu
17. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Sun-Jing.in.%20AND%20Qualcomm.asn. Jing Sun
18. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Rakshit-Sarbajit$.in. Sarbajit K. Rakshit
19. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Fan-Shou-Shan$%20OR%20Fan-Shoushan$%29.in. Shou-Shan Fan
20. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Lapstun-Paul%20OR%20Paul-Lapstun%29.in. Paul Lapstun
21. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Reznicek-Alexander.in. Alexander Reznicek
22. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Tegreene-Clarence$.in. Clarence T. Tegreene
23. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Liu-Shan.in.%20AND%20%28%22Tencent%20America%22%20OR%20MediaTek%20OR%20Futurewei%20OR%20HFI%29.asn. Shan Liu
24. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Seo-Satoshi.in.%20AND%20%28Energy.as.%20OR%20Energy.asn.%29 Satoshi Seo
25. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Yang-Suckchel.in. Suckchel Yang
26. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Kim-Kijun.in.%20AND%20LG.asn. Kijun Kim
27. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Ahn-Joonkui.in. Joonkui Ahn
28. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Jung-Edward-K$.in. Edward K. Y. Jung
29. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Montojo-Juan.in. Juan Montojo
30. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Forbes-Leonard.in. Leonard Forbes
31. http://www.uspat.com/edison Thomas Edison
32. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Karczewicz-Marta.in. Marta Karczewicz
33. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Hamilton-II-Rick$%20OR%20Hamilton-III-Rick$%20OR%20Hamilton-Rick$%29.in.%20NOT%20Merck.as. Rick Allen Hamilton II
34. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20%28Harris-Jason-L%20OR%20Harris-Jason%29.in.%20AND%20OH.inst. Jason L. Harris
35. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Xie-Ruilong.in. Ruilong Xie
36. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Nishi-Takahiro.in.%20NOT%20%285934728%29.pn. Takahiro Nishi
37. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Ji-Tingfang.in. Tingfang Ji
38. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Resch-Jason$.in. Jason K. Resch
39. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?db=USPAT&q=%28A%20OR%20B1%20OR%20B2%29.at.%20AND%20Weder-Donald-E.in. Donald E. Weder
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