Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Archbold, OH ranks #9,534 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 214 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Archbold, OH include Granite Industries, Sauder Manufacturing, Sauder Woodworking. That works out to 47.4 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 Steven J. Wyse Granite Industries 35
2 Anthony J. Warncke Sauder Manufacturing 13
2 Myrl D. Sauder Sauder Woodworking 13
#4 Virgil Miller Sauder Manufacturing 11
#4 Jerry D. Grieser Sauder Woodworking 11
#6 Matthew Stringer Bil-Jax 10
#6 Joseph Davis Illinois Tool Works 10
#8 Einstein Francis Bil-Jax 8
#8 Marvin K. Burnett Sauder Woodworking 8
#10 Christopher Fink Garlock Sealing Technologies 7
#10 Timothy Justin Johnson Sauder Manufacturing 7
#10 Gregory W. Nafziger Owens-Brockway Glass Container 7
#10 Mark Wagner Bil-Jax 7
#10 Steven L. Burkholder General Motors 7
#15 Michael K. Short Sauder Woodworking 6
#16 Thomas B. Warner Sauder Woodworking 5
#16 Jeffrey A. Jameson Sauder Manufacturing 5
#16 Edward L. Nofziger 5
#19 Douglas P. Krieger Sauder Woodworking 4
#20 Gordon D. Schumacher Sauder Woodworking 3
#20 Derek J. Krueger Celcore Incorporated 3
#22 Jill Wyse E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#22 Dean Nafziger 2
#22 Andrew J. Genualdi General Motors 2
#22 Gerald P. Schoenhals Sauder Manufacturing 2
#22 Darrin Osterday Sauder Woodworking 2
#22 Jack Stover Hardigg Industries 2
#22 Merle G. Beck Stylemark 2
#22 John Gascho Sauder Manufacturing 2
#30 Joshua D. Storrer Sauder Manufacturing 1
#30 Anthony D. Warncke Sauder Manufacturing 1
#30 Charles J. Lantz 1
#30 Kyle Robert Sperling 1
#30 Douglas B. Gerig Sauder Woodworking 1
#30 Mark V. Miller Sauder Woodworking 1
#30 Charles J. Sauder 1
#30 Loren Sauder 1
#30 Otis H. Hitt 1
#30 John R. Shafer Aro 1
#30 Mark R. Wyse Bil-Jax 1
#30 Mike Lambright Sauder Woodworking 1
#30 Sawyer Miller 1

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