Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Middletown, DE ranks #1,615 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 76 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Middletown, DE include Monsanto Technology, Dow Global Technologies, Seagate Technology. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David R. Wooten, Jr. Monsanto Technology 25
2 Marty W. DeGroot Dow Global Technologies 9
3 Kirill Rivkin Seagate Technology 6
#4 Stephen J. Agace Holtec International 4
#5 David Phillip Cadogan Ilc Dover Lp 3
#5 Xiaoming Jin Dentsply Sirona 3
#5 Jonathan Michael Hinkle Ilc Dover Lp 3
#5 Kyle Brandenburg Brandywine Product Group International 3
#5 Michael A. Rossi Merck 3
#10 Robert Jorgensen Playtex Products 1
#10 Fuming Sun 1
#10 Konrad Knoll Basf Se 1
#10 David J. Hasse L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 1
#10 Louis Storace Incyte 1
#10 Brian Michael Roesch Butamax Advanced Biofuels 1
#10 Mark L. Robin Great Lakes Chemical 1
#10 Nina Dietrich Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#10 Keith H. Burlew Butamax Advanced Biofuels 1
#10 Jack Burgazli Innospec Limited 1
#10 Kimberly Ann Ferrara Barrday 1
#10 Lawrence D. Huppman Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 1
#10 Graham Frank Howarth Mra Systems 1
#10 Casper Mullertz Basf Se 1
#10 George H. McClain Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 1
#10 Richard A. Reynolds Church & Dwight Co. 1
#10 Juan CERA Invista North America S.A.R.L. 1

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