Fairborn, OH ranks #3,846 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 29 patents from 16 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairborn, OH include Nanotek Instruments Group, Goodrich, Huffy. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–16 of 16 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanbo Wang | Nanotek Instruments Group | 10 |
| 2 | Andrew Joseph Slanker | Goodrich | 2 |
| 2 | Jason Jewell | Huffy | 2 |
| 2 | Benjamin M. Boyd | Johnson & Johnson | 2 |
| 2 | James P. Donohue | Ncr | 2 |
| #6 | Anthony R. Arment | Pop Test Oncology | 1 |
| #6 | James G. Grote | US Air Force | 1 |
| #6 | Joseph Strzelecki | Wright State University | 1 |
| #6 | Russell Vela | The Government Of The United States Of America As Represent By The Secretary Of The Air Force | 1 |
| #6 | Danny J. Hugh | US Air Force | 1 |
| #6 | Randy A. Duvall | — | 1 |
| #6 | Pathirage Perera | IBM | 1 |
| #6 | Terry Ali | Ali Industries | 1 |
| #6 | Patricia M. Kendall | — | 1 |
| #6 | Chen-guang Liu | Nanotek Instruments Group | 1 |
| #6 | Ronald D. Rodabaugh | NVIDIA | 1 |
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