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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lafayette, IN ranks #911 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 161 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lafayette, IN include Wuyi University, Cook Medical Technologies, Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Min Wu Wuyi University 7
2 Kevin Wilger Cook Medical Technologies 5
3 Mark D. Hickle Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
3 Shelley A. Claridge Purdue Research Foundation 4
3 Wenting Wu Ambilight 4
3 Perry D. Converse Caterpillar 4
3 Michael C. Hiles Cook Biotech Incorporated 4
#8 Leonard W. Baker Wabash National 3
#8 David Gross AT&T 3
#8 Xuan Li Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 3
#8 Mukerrem Cakmak The University Of Akron 3
#8 Brandyn A. Stack Caterpillar 3
#8 Andrew James Ritchey 3
#14 Alan A. Meyer Polaris Industries 2
#14 Justin Metcalf Cleveland Clinic 2
#14 Andrzej Wylezinski Wabash National 2
#14 Alan Keith Jarmusch Purdue Research Foundation 2
#14 James Andrew Sweet Wabash National 2
#14 Xinyan Deng Purdue Research Foundation 2
#14 Kimberly Ringenberger Cook Medical Technologies 2
#14 Jack Williams Purdue Research Foundation 2
#14 David B. Go University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 2
#14 Aaron L. Robinson Caterpillar 2
#14 Balajee Vamanan AT&T 2
#14 Livia Schiavinato Eberlin Purdue Research Foundation 2
#14 Anthony George Cofer Purdue Research Foundation 2
#14 Gabriel Converse Happe Spine 2
#14 Mark Gregory Griffin Analytical Technologies, L.L.C. 2
#14 Laura H. Blumenschein Stanford University 2
#14 William Hillery Nokia Technologies Oy 2
#31 Javier Gonzalez Agouron Pharmaceuticals 1
#31 Thomas K. Hutton Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 1
#31 Ryan DORTON Endocyte 1
#31 Cory-Khoi Quang Nguyen Crowdstrike 1
#31 Jin Kocsis The University Of Akron 1
#31 Scott A. Storz Wabash National 1
#31 Trenton Parsell Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Ashlin Porter Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Armen Yildirim Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 James R. Johnson Illinois Tool Works 1
#31 Tyson C. Davis Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Lance William Madsen 1
#31 Nicholas Nolte Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Krista Gearhart Cook Medical Technologies 1
#31 Gabriele Altare Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Karson S. Putts Johnson & Johnson 1
#31 Nick Hatcher Wabash National 1
#31 Mark Ehrlich Wabash National 1
#31 Rachel Anne Coleman Purdue Research Foundation 1
#31 Sarah Robbins Muffin Incorporated 1

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