Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbus, IN ranks #285 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 479 patents from 267 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbus, IN include Cummins, Cummins Emission Solutions, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And. That works out to 9.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 267 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 J. Steven Kolhouse Cummins 12
2 Anthony Kyle Perfetto Cummins 10
2 Vivek A. Sujan Cummins 10
#4 Samuel C. Geckler Cummins 9
#5 Timothy C. Ernst Cummins 8
#6 Nassim Khaled Cummins Emission Solutions 7
#7 Edmund P. Hodzen Cummins 6
#7 Thomas M. Yonushonis Cummins 6
#7 John P. O'Brien E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 6
#7 John Rohde Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 6
#7 Govindarajan Kothandaraman Cummins 6
#7 Christopher R. Nelson United States Gypsum 6
#13 Adam C. Cecil Cummins 5
#13 Stephen M. Holl Cummins Emission Solutions 5
#13 Paul V. Moonjelly Cummins 5
#13 Martin T. Books Cummins 5
#13 Daniel Reed Dempsey Cummins 5
#13 Marten H. Dane Cummins 5
#13 Minming Zhao Volvo Car 5
#20 Alan C. Anderson Cummins 4
#20 Anthony A. Shaull Cummins 4
#20 David J. Stroh Cummins 4
#20 James D. Voll Hill-Rom Services 4
#20 J. Stephen Wills Cummins 4
#20 Carlos Alcides Lana Cummins 4
#26 Paul R. Miller Cummins 3
#26 Shivi Singh 3
#26 Abhijeet Vaidya Cummins Filtration Ip 3
#26 Kenneth L. Kramer Hill-Rom Services 3
#26 Jeffrey Alan Green Lock N Climb 3
#26 Taren DeHart Cummins Emission Solutions 3
#26 Eduardo Alano Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 3
#26 Adrian P. Dale Cummins 3
#26 David M. Barnes Cummins 3
#26 Mark Swain Cummins 3
#26 Aaron William Beinborn Cummins 3
#26 Robert G. Sperry Cummins 3
#26 Pinak Jayant Tulpule Cummins 3
#26 Lester L. Peters 3
#26 Roger D. England Cummins 3
#26 Robin J. Bremmer Cummins 3
#26 Axel O. zur Loye Cummins 3
#26 Morgan Andreae Cummins 3
#26 Tony Parrish Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 3
#45 David J. Benson HP 2
#45 Jason A. Boyer Dorel Home Furnishings 2
#45 Bharadwaj R. Prabhala Cummins Filtration Ip 2
#45 Jian Zhou Cummins 2
#45 Joseph E. Paquette Cummins 2
#45 Hongbin Ma Curators Of The University Of Missouri 2

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