Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

York, PA ranks #1,034 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 141 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in York, PA include Graham Packaging Company, Symbotic, Becton, Dickinson And. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sheldon E. Yourist Graham Packaging Company 6
2 Kevin Michael Thackston 5
2 Juergen D. Conrad Symbotic 5
2 Ammon David Lentz Becton, Dickinson And 5
2 Justin P. Kauffman Johnson Controls Technology 5
#6 David B. Heisner Graham Packaging Company 4
#7 Curtis Christian Crane Johnson Controls Technology 3
#7 Chandra S. Yelamanchili Johnson Controls Technology 3
#7 Mustafa K. Yanik Johnson Controls Technology 3
#7 Stephen Lundy Lutron Technology Company 3
#7 Kerry Lynn Smith Bd Kiestra B.V. 3
#7 Douglas A. Kester Johnson Controls Technology 3
#13 Charles L. Bradenbaugh, IV Black & Decker 2
#13 Jon Wiesman Wiesman Holdings 2
#13 Duane Sawyer Deborah Adler 2
#13 Justin Wagner Sentinel Connector Systems 2
#13 Steven Michael Weinrich Invensys Systems 2
#13 Marc W. McKinley Black & Decker 2
#13 Rajiv K. Karkhanis Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Ian Michael Casper Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Satheesh Kulankara Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Nicholas Staub Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Sean Gao Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 John Evan Bade Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Robert Brennan Stewart Stamping 2
#13 Michael Lawrence Gurreri 2
#13 Christian P. Brandt Te Connectivity Co. 2
#13 Arthur Jing-Min Yang Industrial Science & Technology Network 2
#13 Brian Hagan Graham Packaging Company 2
#13 Christian C. Rudio Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Peter J. Dungar Unl Holdings 2
#13 Jonathan D. West Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Michael Scholeno Fci Americas Technology 2
#13 Martin L. Doll, Jr. Johnson Controls Technology 2
#13 Brian Repasky Hanover Prest-Paving 2
#36 Clark A. Bixler Black & Decker 1
#36 Brian Thomas Gallus Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Michael Clinton Koons Cynapsus Therapeutics 1
#36 Anthony J. Schlies Graham Packaging Company 1
#36 Michael Watroba 1
#36 David P. Gillmen Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Marie Sink Graham Packaging Company 1
#36 Kurt F. Nenstiel Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Chris Paraskevakos Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Henrik Klinge 1
#36 Robert A. Amick Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Joshua S. Kehler Greene, Tweed Technologies 1
#36 Merle R. Brubaker Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Ryan L. Snider Johnson Controls Technology 1
#36 Jeffrey H. ROBERTSON The Secant Group 1

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