Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wadsworth, OH ranks #1,585 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 86 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wadsworth, OH include Rtc Industries, Schaeffler, Big Heart Pet. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen N. Hardy Rtc Industries 13
2 Robert Lyren 11
3 Michael Hodge Schaeffler 9
#4 Kyle Nelson Schaeffler 5
#5 Elizabeth Jan Hogben Big Heart Pet 3
#6 Brian Peet Schaeffler 2
#6 Andrew J. Horner Everhard Products 2
#6 Robert W. Asper Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 2
#6 Christopher Shamie Schaeffler 2
#6 James A. Mullen Goodrich 2
#6 George J. Uhler Technical Consumer Products 2
#6 Mark Anthony Canankamp The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#6 Joseph Saunders Techtronic Industries Co. 2
#14 William M. Cole Bridgestone 1
#14 Andrew Derhammer Schaeffler 1
#14 Stephen R. Norgrove Fb Global Plumbing Group 1
#14 George Chase The University Of Akron 1
#14 Scott G. Knight Aircraft Braking Systems 1
#14 Andrew Neil Smith Eastman Chemical 1
#14 Russel W. Valentine 1
#14 Thomas J. Petit Petit Auto Wash 1
#14 Joseph Tennant 7Signal Solutions 1
#14 Andrew J. SVENSON Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 1
#14 Andy Little 1
#14 Laura M McDermitt The Babcock & Wilcox 1
#14 Robert A. Bernstorf Hubbell Incorporated 1
#14 Songtao Ma Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 1
#14 Corey A. Campbell Unknown 1
#14 Jeff Mann Osi Environmental, Llc. 1
#14 Mike Sainato Plastipak Packaging 1
#14 William J. Daniels Flexible Steel Lacing 1
#14 Jason A. Sharratt Waxman Consumer Products Group 1
#14 Kevin Yerkey Plastipak Packaging 1
#14 Andrew D. Clark Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 1
#14 Mark Anglin Honeywell 1
#14 Don A. Taylor Sartec 1
#14 Cheryl Ann Brubaker-Schaub Firstenergy 1
#14 Robert Edward Lionetti The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 1
#14 Edward Daniels AT&T 1
#14 Surya V. Pothula Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 1
#14 Dan Punchak Gmi Holdings 1
#14 Eric A. Lab Theken Spine 1

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