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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hockessin, DE ranks #1,804 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 74 patents from 50 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hockessin, DE include Wonderland Switzerland Ag, Showa Denko K.K., Fmc. That works out to 5.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Patrick J. G. Bowers Wonderland Switzerland Ag 8
2 Lei Zhang Showa Denko K.K. 6
3 Andrew Duncan Satterfield Fmc 4
#4 Sheng Peng The Chemours Company Fc 2
#4 Wai Sing Poon W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 2
#4 Seung-Pyo Hong Hyundai Motor 2
#4 Paul Douglas Vernooy E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#4 Joshua Hummel Incyte 2
#4 Kurt Richard Mikeska E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#4 Philip Ross Moyer Microsoft 2
#4 Liang Lu Incyte 2
#4 Haisheng Wang Incyte 2
#13 Hari Babu Sunkara E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Mukesh C. Shah E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Eric J. Schulze The Boeing 1
#13 William L. Holstein E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Xiao-Chun Lu W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 1
#13 John Thomas Gannon Colgate-Palmolive 1
#13 Sangita Fatnani Walmart Apollo 1
#13 Zhongsen Li E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Eric Crozier Barclays Bank Plc 1
#13 Ryan Kenaley W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 1
#13 John Chu Chen E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Albert Tam E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Rudolph Christian Wolfs Capital One Services 1
#13 Viacheslav A. Petrov E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Fushan Zhang Hercules 1
#13 Natalie Marie Lutz 1
#13 Yaping Sun Incyte 1
#13 Iris Bennor Barton Solenis Technologies 1
#13 Joel Bricker Capital One Services 1
#13 Michael Casale Agilent Technologies 1
#13 Meizhong Xu Incyte 1
#13 Brian S. Gantert JPMorgan Chase 1
#13 Srikanth Balagangadhar Bank of America 1
#13 Doeung David Choi Solenis Technologies 1
#13 Kenneth Strong Macdermid Imaging Technology 1
#13 Shawn Patrick Doherty Engineered Arresting Systems 1
#13 Zhengzheng Huang Nutrition & Biosciences Usa 4 1
#13 Thomas Paul Selby E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 John W. Gillespie, Jr. University Of Delaware 1
#13 Cindy White First Data 1
#13 Sheng Peng Signify Holding B.V. 1
#13 Kaveh Didehvar Zenith Products 1
#13 Tai-Yuen Yue Incyte 1
#13 Mani Muthalagi E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Thomas J. Leck E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#13 Chin-Pao Huang National Sun Yat-Sen University 1
#13 Davit E. Sharoyan Solenis Technologies 1
#13 Glenn S. Shealy E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1

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