Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kent, OH ranks #1,739 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 75 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kent, OH include The Goodyear Tire & Rubber, H & M Innovations, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Max Harold Dixon The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 18
2 Michael Starkey H & M Innovations 12
3 Paul Bryan Maxwell The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 6
3 Robert Allen Losey The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 6
#5 Keith A. Dumigan Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 4
#6 Margaret M. Flook The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 3
#7 Oleg D. Lavrentovich Kent State University 2
#7 Fletcher Liverance HP 2
#9 John Joseph Andre Verthe The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 1
#9 Hunter Morris Kent Displays 1
#9 Kirk C. Palmerton Lifeline Scientific 1
#9 Torsten Hegmann Kent State University 1
#9 Elda HEGMANN Kent State University 1
#9 David R. Stewart Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 1
#9 Raymond Larrick Tridelta Industries 1
#9 Jonathan Mark Secaur 1
#9 Kenneth Joseph Coyne 1
#9 Tracy Richey Oakwood Laboratories 1
#9 Aaron Scott Puhala The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 1
#9 Robert Sly Colormatrix Holdings 1
#9 Vincent Gil Quevedo Unknown 1
#9 Piotr POPOV Kent State University 1
#9 Jeffery L. Burton Kyocera Sgs Precision Tools 1
#9 Forrest Nicholson Kent Displays 1
#9 Antal Jakli Kent State University 1
#9 William R. Gibson Lisco 1
#9 Margaret McGuigen Vielhaber The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 1
#9 Andrii Varanytsia Corning Incorporated 1
#9 Dale R. Adams Silicon Image 1
#9 Cuiyu Zhang Kent State University 1

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