Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bethlehem, PA ranks #551 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 224 patents from 109 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bethlehem, PA include Seagate Technology, Columbia Insurance, Lutron Technology Company. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 109 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Erich F. Haratsch Seagate Technology 36
2 Thomas E. McClaskie Columbia Insurance 15
3 Brad Michael Kreschollek Lutron Technology Company 10
#4 Warren A. Seith Ingersoll-Rand 5
#5 Elizabeth WOLFER Az Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L. 4
#5 John A. Wood Lockheed Martin 4
#5 Mark A. Webster Cisco 4
#5 Steven Diamond Agamatrix 4
#9 Thomas E. Grebs Fairchild Semiconductor 3
#9 Gamini Ananda Vedage Air Products And Chemicals 3
#9 Joel Bartholomew B.Braun Medical 3
#9 Robert Fong Thomas & Betts International 3
#9 Kenneth C. Raines B.Braun Medical 3
#9 Joseph Perry Cohen Air Products And Chemicals 3
#9 Carlos A. Cazanas Cellco Partnership 3
#9 Stephen P. Dashe Artskills 3
#17 Clay Naito Lehigh University 2
#17 Douglas E. Pyles Ingersoll-Rand 2
#17 Mark J. Sewell Victaulic 2
#17 Weijia Ling Millrock Technology 2
#17 Bryan Clair Hoke, Jr. Air Products And Chemicals 2
#17 Michael Reed Teradata Us 2
#17 Joseph Thomas Moll Crayola 2
#17 Mark J. Sewelll Victaulic 2
#17 Jeff Tyber Extremity Medical 2
#17 Brian Moore Microsoft 2
#17 Hardik Patel Abb Technology Ag 2
#17 Paola Mercedes Moore 2
#17 Nelson Tansu Lehigh University 2
#17 Jason Christopher Bartoszek Ingersoll-Rand 2
#17 Bruce L. Bramfitt Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L. 2
#17 Douglas Fornell Leavitt Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 2
#17 Michelle L. Greene Lutron Electronics Co. 2
#17 Justin Lawyer Ecotech 2
#17 John M. Stempo Victaulic 2
#17 James D. Ralph Spinecore 2
#17 William R. Haller Structural Services 2
#17 Matthew R. Zartman Lutron Technology Company 2
#17 Andrew J. Chosak Objectvideo 2
#17 Michael J. Brownstein Azevan Pharmaceuticals 2
#17 Jean Louise Vincent Air Products And Chemicals 2
#42 Justin T. Chellew Ingersoll-Rand 1
#42 Hongping Zhao Lehigh University 1
#42 Cong Sun Beijing Memblaze Technology Co. 1
#42 Michael J. Zizza Lutron Technology Company 1
#42 Robert J. Thompson Lutron Technology Company 1
#42 Scott E. Ragona Texas Instruments 1
#42 Krista Marie Prentice ExxonMobil 1
#42 Thomas J. Whymark The Nielsen Company (Us) 1
#42 Tyler Haskins Aesculap Implant Systems 1

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