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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Berea, OH ranks #5,736 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 444 patents from 128 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Berea, OH include The Glidden, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Synthes Usa. That works out to 23.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 128 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary P. Craun The Glidden 53
2 Thomas Walter Starinshak The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 20
3 James M. Green Synthes Usa 16
3 Mark D. Kittel Avery Dennison 16
#5 Donald C. Wetzel Meg Trans 12
#5 Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr. Chz Technologies 12
#7 Nicholas P. Greco Koppers 10
#7 Geoffrey A. Landis NASA 10
#7 Joseph Robert Stephens Campbell Hausfeld / Scott Fetzer 10
#10 Ronald C. Hopper Boxcast 9
#10 Chris Stewart Caterpillar 9
#10 Joel S. Helbling Boxcast 9
#13 Eric R. Walker Checkpoint Surgical 7
#13 Christian C. Stewart Vita-Mix Management 7
#13 Thomas Tuckowski Invacare 7
#13 Larry J. Baldwin Ferro 7
#17 Leonard S. Singer Union Carbide 6
#17 Warren J. Haws Brush Wellman 6
#17 Hartmut Kaesgen Mtd Products 6
#17 Shigeo Nakanishi Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 6
#17 Joseph McJunkins Omya International Ag 6
#17 John D. Wolter Aatru Medical 6
#23 Eugene Clair Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 5
#23 Evan Michael Sorger Pnc Financial Services Group 5
#23 Brian Makowski The Sherwin-Williams 5
#23 James F. Norton Tuthill 5
#27 Mark R. Bruce The Standard Oil 4
#27 Randolph A. McDonald Elco Co. 4
#27 Bonnie K. San Gateway Safety 4
#27 John J. Grey Barnes Group 4
#27 Gerard S. Henwood 4
#27 David A. Vidovic 4
#33 E. Charles Sallee The Scott Fetzer 3
#33 Erin L. Justice Lincoln Global 3
#33 Earl Gertsma 3
#33 Gonto Johns Oakwood Laboratories 3
#33 Howard H. Kulow Rowan Holding 3
#33 William M. Spangler Those Characters From Cleveland 3
#33 William H. Burwell Union Carbide 3
#33 Jane Hartman Cleveland Clinic 3
#33 Richard G. Kadleck 3
#33 Wilfred J. Hemker 3
#33 Keith Fishburn A.J. Rose Manufacturing 3
#44 Rebecca Lebron 2
#44 Richard Van Luit 2
#44 Deborah L. Sekerak Professional Package 2
#44 Gregory D. Schroeder The Pipe Line Development 2
#44 William A. Brainard NASA 2
#44 Frans L. Adeboi 2
#44 Herman M. Belz Union Carbide 2

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