Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rochester, IN ranks #7,503 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 12 patents from 3 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rochester, IN include Ghost Autonomy, Biomet Manufacturing, Vanderbilt University. That works out to 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–3 of 3 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Hayes Ghost Autonomy 9
2 Kirk J. Bailey Biomet Manufacturing 2
3 Melinda Sanders Vanderbilt University 1

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