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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bethalto, IL ranks #12,649 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 139 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bethalto, IL include Amsted Industries Incorporated, Olin, Good Earth Tools. That works out to 14.9 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 Charles P. Spencer Amsted Industries Incorporated 15
2 Gerald T. Eberhart Olin 13
3 Raymond W. Burns Good Earth Tools 12
3 Eric M. Kopsie Federal-Mogul Motorparts 12
#5 Stephen J. Bilsbury Olin 9
#6 Robert K. Frake Watlow Electric Manufacturing 7
#7 Christopher Donahue 6
#8 Randy Jordan International Lighting Manufacturing 5
#8 Donald Wayne Nicholas, III Hubbell Incorporated 5
#10 Gerald E. Eberhart Olin 4
#10 Brandon Eugene Hostetler Mor-Nuco Enterprises 4
#12 Frank Inchingolo Ab Initio Technology 3
#12 Julie R. Jones Hi-Shear 3
#12 Steven E. Lindberg Amoco 3
#15 Brian Caveny Cablofil 2
#15 Charles E. Dugan 2
#15 Thomas P. Yates Northern Petrochemical 2
#15 Daniel G. Eberhart Hunter Engineering 2
#19 Jason Hartsock The Boeing 1
#19 Robert Rossa 1
#19 Robert W. Friedline 1
#19 Robert W. Nappier National Steel 1
#19 Douglas McCormick 1
#19 Gregory W. Withers 1
#19 Robert Stuart Sullivan The Boeing 1
#19 Jared A. Schneider Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#19 Brady Arview Barnett Outdoors, Llc. 1
#19 Charles P. Johannigmeier Hunter Engineering 1
#19 Bart C. Yakos 1
#19 Daniel Boyd Cichlar, Jr. 1
#19 Randy L. Anderson Novus International 1
#19 Rick Thomas Macias Arris Enterprises 1
#19 Keith Grandbois 1
#19 Joseph Brian Seketa 1
#19 Jarrod Anthony Leckrone 1
#19 Danny Heineman The Boeing 1
#19 Jeremy M. Breden Emerson Electric 1
#19 Linda L. Rico Master Lock Company 1
#19 Kenneth E. Sherer The Boeing 1
#19 Gregory C. Best Olin 1
#19 Steven Gaynes Sanford 1
#19 Jeffery Fencel 1
#19 Owen A. Laird 1
#19 David L. Mayfield 1
#19 Roy Paris 1
#19 Robert J. Ellefsen 1
#19 Randall A. Quick 1
#19 Herman Wissenberg Gulf Oil 1

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