Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wayne, PA ranks #1,116 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 114 patents from 57 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wayne, PA include Medtronic, Arkema, IBM. That works out to 15.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 57 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ian B. Hanson Medtronic 13
2 Maher Y. Elsheikh Arkema 8
2 Benjamin Bin Chen Arkema 8
#4 Theodoros Salonidis IBM 5
#4 Hai-Ying Chen Johnson Matthey Public Limited 5
#4 Paul F. Bente, IV Medtronic 5
#7 Samuel Foster Oceaneering International 4
#8 Paul W. Millhouse Globus Medical 3
#8 Kenneth F. Lynch Interdigital Patent Holdings 3
#8 Dyon Anniballi Iheart Media Management Services 3
#8 Joseph Michael Fedeyko Johnson Matthey Public Limited 3
#8 Stephan A. DeFonzo Rex Medical 3
#13 Yaxi Zhang Google 2
#13 Frank Hollinger Sphaera Pharma Pte. 2
#13 Brent R. Rothermel Tyco Electronics Co. 2
#13 Matthew H. Cawthorne The Boeing 2
#13 David Lowry US Army 2
#13 James J. Cunningham Sirna Therapeutics 2
#19 Xiaowei Xiao Datalogic Automation 1
#19 Srini Tenjarla Ferrokin Biosciences 1
#19 Marshall S. Levine Alpha Scientific 1
#19 Joseph Romano 1
#19 Meghan L. Britton Lockheed Martin 1
#19 Zuzanna Cygan Arkema 1
#19 Toby Walker Sony 1
#19 Richard H. Washburn, II Trice Medical 1
#19 Jay Tapper Johnson & Johnson 1
#19 Richard W. Christy Rdp Technologies 1
#19 Neil S. Epstein 1
#19 Brian M. Cromer Trinseo Europe Gmbh 1
#19 Chandra M. Sehgal University of Pennsylvania 1
#19 Timothy Rhodes Merck 1
#19 Jason J. Wu Medicon Pharmaceuticals 1
#19 Alexander Wilson University Of Texas System 1
#19 Fred B. Fletcher Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L. 1
#19 John M. DeLucca Agere Systems 1
#19 Cha-Min Tang University Of Maryland, Baltimore 1
#19 Robert T. Seminole The Boeing 1
#19 VINIT MANJARDEKAR 1
#19 Robert Alonso Mitochon Pharmaceuticals 1
#19 Dongxia Liu Johnson Matthey Public Limited 1
#19 Arthur J. Reining Johnson Matthey Public Limited 1
#19 Jing Lu Johnson Matthey Public Limited 1
#19 Laurent B. Cartier Arkema France 1
#19 Lindsay L. Carter Rex Medical 1
#19 Mark Gerard Adamiak GE 1
#19 John S. Bomalaski Polaris Group 1
#19 Michael J. Noone Certainteed 1
#19 Bruce Bradley Comcast 1
#19 Ian E. Kibblewhite Innovation Plus 1

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