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Prolific Inventors in France

Prolific inventors in France include Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895), who is credited with the discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization; René Laennec (1781 – 1826), who invented the stethoscope in 1816; Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662), his inventions include mechanical calculator, the hydraulic press, primitive form of roulette and the syringe; Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne (1740 – 1810; 1745 – 1799), aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers, they invented the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique; Louis Braille (1809 – 1852) was an educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system, named braille after him, intended for use by visually impaired people.

That was then. We now have a new breed of innovators leading France today. USPTO Utility data was analyzed from January 1, 2002, through April 25, 2023

Jean-Philippe Vasseur

Nadim Khlat

Pascal Thubert

Patrick Wetterwald

Jean-Louis Gueret

Frederic Bauchot

Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli

Patrice Onno

Fabrice Jean Verplanken

Henri Samain

Gerard Marmigere

Alain Lagrange

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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.