Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Midway, KY ranks #7,029 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 12 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Midway, KY include Lexmark International, Ashland Oil. That works out to 7.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joanna Musick Hall Smith Lexmark International 8
2 Kerry Leland Embry Lexmark International 2
3 Karl Mark Thompson Lexmark International 1
3 Robert H. Wombles Ashland Oil 1

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