Hershey, PA ranks #3,346 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 33 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hershey, PA include Foxconn, Centriq Technology, Oncoceutics. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chien-Ping Kao | Foxconn | 5 |
| 2 | Luis Gerardo Paris | Centriq Technology | 3 |
| 2 | Matthew Bryan Hitchcock | — | 3 |
| 2 | Joshua E. Allen | Oncoceutics | 3 |
| #5 | Jeffrey Joseph Fegley | The Ames Companies | 2 |
| #5 | Leo Joseph Graham | — | 2 |
| #7 | Jens E. Weyant | Advanced Cooling Technologies | 1 |
| #7 | David S. Szczesny | — | 1 |
| #7 | Joseph W. Sassani | Penn State | 1 |
| #7 | Thomas Stover | Eaton | 1 |
| #7 | Gregory R. Jackson | Maculogix | 1 |
| #7 | Hurley Chester Moll | — | 1 |
| #7 | Malathy Nair | General Mills | 1 |
| #7 | Michael Anthony Correll | Phoenix Contact Development And Manufacturing | 1 |
| #7 | Chandagalu D. Raghavendra Gowda | — | 1 |
| #7 | Tao Lowe | Penn State | 1 |
| #7 | Jeffrey D. Neighbors | University Of Iowa | 1 |
| #7 | Raymond J. Hohl | University Of Iowa | 1 |
| #7 | Diane Thiboutot | Penn State | 1 |
| #7 | Eric Lawrence | — | 1 |
| #7 | B. Douglas Brown | The Hershey | 1 |
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