Canton, OH ranks #1,125 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 121 patents from 67 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Canton, OH include The Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Stolle Machinery Company. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–50 of 67 inventors
| Rank |
Inventor |
Primary Company |
Patents |
| 1 |
Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner |
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber |
8 |
| 2 |
Richard S. Parr |
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
6 |
| 2 |
James A. McClung |
Stolle Machinery Company |
6 |
| #4 |
Mike Ryan |
Diebold |
5 |
| #4 |
Paul L. Ripple |
Stolle Machinery Company |
5 |
| #4 |
Karl H. Beitzel |
Kirk Wrench |
5 |
| #7 |
William D. Beskitt |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
4 |
| #7 |
Klaus Steinbach |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
4 |
| #9 |
Mike R. Ryan |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
3 |
| #9 |
Scott Schrader |
Schaeffler |
3 |
| #9 |
Mark DePietro |
Diebold |
3 |
| #12 |
Thomas J. Long |
Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. |
2 |
| #12 |
Joseph D. Bulso, Jr. |
Redicon |
2 |
| #12 |
John E. Ramsey |
Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. |
2 |
| #12 |
Dennis D. Belden, Jr. |
Checkpoint Systems |
2 |
| #12 |
Nicholas A. Ramphos |
— |
2 |
| #12 |
Michael J. Harty |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
2 |
| #12 |
Dale H. Blackson |
Diebold |
2 |
| #12 |
Gregory J. Hilker |
American Axle & Manufacturing |
2 |
| #12 |
Christopher David Dyrlund |
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber |
2 |
| #12 |
David E. Kolinski-Schultz |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
2 |
| #12 |
Kirk W. Hyust |
Kirk Wrench |
2 |
| #12 |
William Dennis Dent |
— |
2 |
| #12 |
James E. Pettitt |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
2 |
| #25 |
Masataka Tsutsumi |
Sizetec |
1 |
| #25 |
Christopher D. Dolezal |
Icp Construction |
1 |
| #25 |
Phillippi R. Pierce |
Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. |
1 |
| #25 |
Izak Nieuwoudt |
Koch-Glitsch, Lp |
1 |
| #25 |
Marcelo Soares de Castro |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Jeff Hill |
Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated |
1 |
| #25 |
Scott D. LOUDON, II |
Cordstrap B.V. |
1 |
| #25 |
Nickolas A. Grossi |
The Timken |
1 |
| #25 |
Frank Joseph Moll |
Hydrochem |
1 |
| #25 |
Thomas P. Gerber |
Ohio Gratings |
1 |
| #25 |
John C. Bartley |
Ohio Gratings |
1 |
| #25 |
Kathryn A. Wernow |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Joseph M. Ovnic |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Karl-Heinz Schofalvi |
Apex Advanced Technologies |
1 |
| #25 |
John D. Eisenhut |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Walter Tomaszewski |
Bridgestone |
1 |
| #25 |
B. Scott Harroff |
Diebold |
1 |
| #25 |
Philip C. Roholt |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Michael Jakupca |
Dover Chemical |
1 |
| #25 |
Robert Thomas Belden |
— |
1 |
| #25 |
Michael Spiro Markoff |
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber |
1 |
| #25 |
Murat Bakan |
Schaeffler |
1 |
| #25 |
Gary L. Doll |
General Motors |
1 |
| #25 |
Gary E. Gerstenslager |
Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. |
1 |
| #25 |
Zhien Liu |
Lg Fuel Cell Systems |
1 |
| #25 |
Natalie V. Weingart |
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
1 |
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