Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bowling Green, OH ranks #3,871 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 748 patents from 150 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bowling Green, OH include Spectra Group Limited, Avinger, Johns Manville. That works out to 24.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 150 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas C. Neckers Spectra Group Limited 50
2 John Black Avinger 42
3 Alan Michael Jaffee Johns Manville 32
#4 Albert Calderon Neurostream Technologies General Partnership 31
#5 Stephen N. McEwen Henry Filters 25
#5 Darren J. Ziskovsky Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 25
#7 Derek R. Brewer IBM 23
#8 Michael P. Wells Eaton 21
#9 Mark T. Bernius Dow Global Technologies 20
#10 Robert L. Stevens Henry Filters 16
#10 Shane T. Rashley Owens-Brockway Glass Container 16
#12 Timothy L. Memmer Fram Group Ip 15
#12 Ronald S. Kaminski 15
#14 Kesheng Feng Spectra Group Limited 13
#14 Robert K. Vincent Bowling Green State University 13
#14 James E. Heider Owens-Illinois 13
#14 Richard H. Kramer University of California 13
#18 Scott M. McEwen Henry Filters 12
#19 Alexandre Mejiritski Spectra Group Limited 10
#20 Craig J. McClanahan Basf Se 9
#20 Robert J. Stalter, Sr. Motor Wheel 9
#22 Patrick Keenan Halo2Cloud 8
#22 Afranio Torres-Filho Henkel Limited 8
#22 Timothy Bombrys Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 8
#25 Carl J. Knueven Jones-Hamilton 7
#25 Howard R. Brown The D.S. Brown 7
#25 Oleg Grinevich Spectra Group Limited 7
#25 Raymond L. Szparagowski Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership 7
#25 Mark C. Waterbury Concurrent Technologies 7
#30 Anne C. F. Graves The University Of Toledo 6
#30 Neocles Leontis Bowling Green State University 6
#30 John Malpert International Paper 6
#30 Jason W. Dahms Eaton 6
#30 Radoslav P. Kotorov Information Builders 6
#30 Shwn-Meei Linden Diversey 6
#30 Robert H. Brandt The Brandt Companies 6
#30 B. B. Maruthi Sridhar Bowling Green State University 6
#38 Thomas A. Shapler Hoover Universal 5
#38 Douglas W. Abbott Rexam Healthcare Packaging 5
#38 Rick C. Sigmon Dana Automotive Systems Group 5
#38 Theodore J. Stechschulte Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corportion 5
#38 Barry Benschoter Henry Filters 5
#38 Todd Budden Graham Packaging Company 5
#38 Stewart Shepler Basf Se 5
#45 Robert A. Avers Kuss 4
#45 Charles W. Amos, Jr. The Procter & Gamble 4
#45 Eric R. Christensen Microsoft 4
#45 Farida Selim Bowling Green State University 4
#45 Ronald Thomas Cook Spartan Chemical Company 4
#45 Christopher P. Montelauro Fram Group Ip 4

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