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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kettering, OH ranks #3,309 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 36 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kettering, OH include US Air Force, Safearms, Hunter'S Manufacturing Company. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher E. Tabor US Air Force 5
2 Kevin S. Weaver Safearms 3
3 Benjamin J. Leever US Air Force 2
3 Drew Bowers Hunter'S Manufacturing Company 2
3 Joseph A. Zahora Dayton-Phoenix Group 2
3 Melissa M. Hohler Henny Penny 2
3 James T. Williamson Newsonic Technologies 2
#8 Michael W. Hurtt Beijing West Industries Co. 1
#8 Roy A. McCann Itt Automotive Electrical Systems 1
#8 James L. E. Meats Loren Cook 1
#8 Joseph E. Beason Goodrich 1
#8 Lyle A. James Dimex 1
#8 Jeffrey Geiger Salesforce 1
#8 Heather McCrabb Faraday Technology 1
#8 Jayme Lee Carper Unison Industries 1
#8 Olga Mendoza-Schrock US Air Force 1
#8 Randy L. Blankley, Jr. Illinois Tool Works 1
#8 Thomas Fink Comet Ag 1
#8 John P. Barber Iap Research 1
#8 Tad Machrowicz Noble Advanced Technologies 1
#8 Jordan Doczy 1
#8 Peter A. Beyerle Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#8 Theodore Lee Josue Riverside Research Institute 1
#8 Richard A. Kipp Goodrich 1
#8 Mehmet Nurullah Ates Xerion Advanced Battery 1

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