Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Middletown, DE ranks #1,677 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 78 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Middletown, DE include Monsanto Technology, Seagate Technology, Holtec International. That works out to 3.4 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 David R. Wooten, Jr. Monsanto Technology 32
2 Kirill Rivkin Seagate Technology 5
3 Stephen J. Agace Holtec International 3
3 Marty W. DeGroot Dow Global Technologies 3
3 Marc R. Stack Dow Global Technologies 3
#6 Xiaoming Jin Dentsply Sirona 2
#6 Juan CERA Invista North America S.A.R.L. 2
#6 Konrad Knoll Basf Se 2
#6 Keith H. Burlew Butamax Advanced Biofuels 2
#6 Brian Michael Roesch Butamax Advanced Biofuels 2
#6 David Phillip Cadogan Ilc Dover Lp 2
#6 Jonathan Michael Hinkle Ilc Dover Lp 2
#13 Ryan Scott Heller Bank of America 1
#13 Graham Frank Howarth Mra Systems 1
#13 Jessica Linda Reisack The Chemours Company Fc 1
#13 Richard A. Reynolds Church & Dwight Co. 1
#13 Sandor Kovacs Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 1
#13 Matthew Van Hanehem Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 1
#13 Allen Dill 1
#13 Mark L. Robin Great Lakes Chemical 1
#13 Andrew G. Platt Delstar Technologies 1
#13 Paula Louise Sharpe Fmc 1
#13 Tolulope Durojaiye Delaware State University 1
#13 Allan Michael Matyger, Jr. 1
#13 Fuming Sun 1
#13 Jay J Croft E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Michael A. Rossi Merck 1
#13 Michael T. Galbus Engineered Arresting Systems 1
#13 Kyle Brandenburg Brandywine Product Group International 1
#13 Robert Jorgensen Playtex Products 1

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