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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, PA ranks #1,725 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 78 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, PA include Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit, Ppg Industries Ohio, Cadence Design Systems. That works out to 5.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aleem Gangjee Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit 8
2 Linda K. Anderson Ppg Industries Ohio 5
2 Wangyang Zhang Cadence Design Systems 5
#4 Edward J. Donnelly Zoll Medical 3
#4 Elias Lee Fallon Cadence Design Systems 3
#6 Clifford D. Olmstead Kbport 2
#6 Ronnie Peskens Ppg Coatings Europe B.V. 2
#6 Christine Johns Pnc Financial Services Group 2
#6 Shiryn Tyebjee Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#6 John P. Forsythe Covestro 2
#6 Susan B. McVey Covestro 2
#6 Nathan Scigliano 2
#6 Vinay Badhwar University Of Pittsburgh 2
#6 Daniel F. Moyano Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#6 Steven C. Ghivizzani University of Florida 2
#6 Harry Buhay Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#17 Shawn Robert Sutton 1
#17 Ryan Hess Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 1
#17 Michael Lee Stromyer Institute For Cancer Research 1
#17 Alicia Marie Phelps Ppg Industries Ohio 1
#17 Francisco Jose Cidral-Filho Multiple Energy Technologies 1
#17 Charles G. Miller Kbport 1
#17 Ronald N. Koch Arad Measuring Technologies 1
#17 Lawrence G. Anderson Ppg Industries Ohio 1
#17 Doug Zatezalo Medrad 1
#17 Patrick R. Irvin University Of Pittsburgh 1
#17 Luciano M. Parrinello Ppg Industries Ohio 1
#17 Robert Michael Nichol Nokomis 1
#17 David C. Berry AMD 1
#17 David S. Bergstrom AMD 1
#17 Mark P. Wach Sylvan America 1
#17 Brett P. Conner Alcoa 1
#17 Robert Hofmann Volkswagen 1
#17 Edward Larson Frazier-Simplex 1
#17 Tiffany L. Koman 1
#17 Timothy Hopey 1
#17 Dean G. Sotereanos 1
#17 Stephen R. Little University Of Pittsburgh 1
#17 Luis Castillo Bayer Healthcare 1
#17 William R. Weber 3M 1
#17 Christina Cochran Unknown 1
#17 Paul Anthony Colbaugh Eaton 1
#17 Michael W. Peretti Crucible Materials 1
#17 James D. Buchner, Sr. 1
#17 Lina Lu Huawei 1
#17 Jason D Lalli 1
#17 George Morrell 1
#17 Jan Berkow Intel 1

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