Most Cited Billionaire Patents
Lawrence E Page
Page co-founded Google Inc. in 1998 along with Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Initially, they developed an innovative search algorithm known as “PageRank,” which revolutionized web search by ranking websites based on their relevance and popularity. This algorithm became the foundation for Google’s search engine, which quickly became the most widely used search tool on the internet.
Most cited patent:
7363291 – Methods and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of electronic document delivery to users – has received 224 citations.
The method retrieves and presents relevant library-stored electronic documents when a user searches for a specific electronic document. If a match is found, the user can review the library-stored document and learn about its relationship to the target document. If there is no match, the method provides a link for the user to directly access the target web page.
About The Author
Angelina Kushnarova
Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.