Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Akron, OH ranks #390 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 331 patents from 183 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Akron, OH include Spectrum Diversified Designs, Bridgestone, Cisco. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 183 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Phaysouk Xayoiphonh Spectrum Diversified Designs 43
2 Steven Luo Bridgestone 9
3 Paul J. Stager Cisco 8
#4 Yaohong Chen Bridgestone 6
#4 Joseph P. Kennedy The University Of Akron 6
#4 Francis Bernart Cequent Consumer Products 6
#7 Andrew J. Leither Orthohelix Surgical Designs 5
#8 David B. Kay Orthohelix Surgical Designs 4
#8 Paula R. Lundgren Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 4
#8 Travis Shamp Akro-Mils 4
#8 Karl Eric Sundkvist The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 4
#8 Larry F. Rhodes Promerus 4
#8 Christine Rademacher Bridgestone 4
#8 Jeffery M. Enright Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 4
#15 Ashley Amanda Jones The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3
#15 Ali Dhinojwala The University Of Akron 3
#15 Xiao-Dong Pan Bridgestone 3
#15 Kevin M. McCauley Bridgestone 3
#15 Eric Toepke Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 3
#15 Adel Farhan Halasa The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3
#15 Brian M. Kolkowski Cleveland Medical Devices 3
#15 Donald S. Nelson, Jr. Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 3
#15 William L. Hergenrother Bridgestone 3
#15 Richard L. Bednar Hunter'S Manufacturing Company 3
#15 Andrew T. Miklic Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 3
#15 Mark Sinreich Pepperl+Fuchs Gmbh 3
#27 Junfeng Wang Sichuan University 2
#27 Jeffrey Leon Sevart The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#27 Arif O. Gozen Bridgestone 2
#27 William J. Menz Swagelok 2
#27 Louis A. Britton Techemet, Lp 2
#27 Kreena R. Modi Johnson & Johnson 2
#27 Robert H. Bell Orthohelix Surgical Designs 2
#27 Joseph Kennedy 2
#27 Nicole Capitos-Davis Bridgestone 2
#27 Raymond Scott Milhoan Swagelok 2
#27 Carl Trevor Ross Pulford The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#27 Zachary A. Sterba Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 2
#27 Margot Beesley The Hc Companies 2
#27 Charles A. Lee Cornell Research Foundation 2
#27 James Edmund Bingham Gojo Industries 2
#27 James D. Ulmer Bridgestone 2
#27 Jeffrey S. Louis Hoover Limited 2
#27 Scott Morman Oeconnection 2
#27 Agota F. Fehervari Bose 2
#27 Lawrence Stanek Enpac, L.L.C. 2
#27 Lu-Kwang Ju The University Of Akron 2
#27 Victor J. Foltz Bridgestone 2
#27 Jesse Brian Serva The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#27 Mark D. Soucek The University Of Akron 2

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