Pennsylvania — Patent Inventors 2002

Top Cities in Pennsylvania 2002

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Pittsburgh, PA	589	404
#2	Philadelphia, PA	354	241
#3	Allentown, PA	188	125
#4	West Chester, PA	166	103
#5	Doylestown, PA	158	92
#6	State College, PA	150	92
#7	Yardley, PA	150	91
#8	Erie, PA	136	97
#9	Lansdale, PA	134	94
#10	York, PA	134	81
#11	Collegeville, PA	110	52
#12	King of Prussia, PA	108	56
#13	Bethlehem, PA	105	69
#14	Newtown, PA	98	52
#15	Lancaster, PA	96	71
#16	Harleysville, PA	86	50
#17	Harrisburg, PA	83	48
#18	Wayne, PA	81	54
#19	Ambler, PA	73	40
#20	North Wales, PA	72	44
#21	Washington, PA	72	48
#22	Norristown, PA	71	41
#23	Phoenixville, PA	68	40
#24	Malvern, PA	67	40
#25	Reading, PA	66	43

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Sailesh Mansinh Merchant	Macungie	Agere Systems	27
2	Gerald W. Skulley	Doylestown	Plantronics	20
3	Rifat Pamukcu	Spring House	Cell Pathways	18
#4	Leslie A. Meck	Laureldale	Baldwin Hardware	17
#4	Daniel J. Roche	Wyomissing	Baldwin Hardware	17
#4	Randy S. Cramer	Lebanon	Baldwin Hardware	17
#7	Renee K. Chesler	Royersford	Baldwin Hardware	16
#7	Martin Karl Russel Burnham	Norristown	Smithkline Beeacham P.L.C.	16
#9	Robert C. Berfield	Jersey Shore	Shop Vac	15
#9	John Edward Hodgson	Malvern	Smithkline Beeacham P.L.C.	15
#11	Sailesh Chittipeddi	Whitehall	AT&T	14
#11	Timothy B. Billman	York	Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.	14
#11	Puwen Zhang	Audubon	Pfizer	14
#11	James M. Wilson	Philadelphia	University of Pennsylvania	14
#15	Eric E. Thompson	New Hope	Emhart	13
#15	Dante Patrick Bonaquist	Boalsburg	Praxair Technology	13
#17	Paula Tallal	Lumberville	Scientific Learning	12
#17	Simion Coca	Pittsburgh	Ppg Industries Ohio	12
#17	James A. Johanson	Emmaus	Agere Systems	12
#17	Alan T. Johnson	Philadelphia	AbbVie	12
#21	David A. Claremon	Maple Glen	Merck	11
#21	Paul Francis Tramontina	Harleysville	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	11
#21	Navdeep S. Sooch	Reading	Silicon Laboratories	11
#21	Michael Terence Black	Chester Springs	Smithkline Beecham Limited	11
#25	Robert A. Vito	Kennett Square	Matscitechno Licensing	10