Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carmel, IN ranks #296 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,215 patents from 1,387 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carmel, IN include Masco Corporation Of Indiana, Tdk, Cree. That works out to 102.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,387 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Seth Fritz Masco Corporation Of Indiana 208
2 Kenichi Yoshida Tdk 164
3 Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. Cree 150
#4 Benjamin Stoler Delta Faucet 132
#5 Richard D. DiMarchi Indiana University Research And Technology 111
#6 Xiaojun Wang Novus International 105
#7 Thomas C. Frampton Fanimation 99
#7 Martin Jay Marotti The Procter & Gamble 99
#9 Rockwood T. Roberts, III Schlage Lock Company 97
#10 Joseph W. Baumgarte Schlage Lock Company 96
#11 F. George Njoroge Merck 94
#12 Chenglin Yao Dow Agrosciences 88
#13 Donald Klemen General Motors 87
#14 Jun Shi 84
#15 Alejandra Lazarini Delta Faucet 83
#16 Mark Alan Schultz Thomson Licensing 81
#17 Michael D. Foster Allison Transmission 77
#18 Hao Wang Holcim Technology 68
#18 James W. Borgmann Best Lock 68
#18 Gregory T. Whiteker Dow Agrosciences 68
#21 Douglas J. Snyder Rolls-Royce North America 66
#22 Igor Vaisman Booz Allen Hamilton 63
#23 Eric Schneider Esdr Network Solutions 59
#23 Alan David Palkowitz Eli Lilly 59
#25 Yuanming Zhu Dow Agrosciences 57
#25 Norbert M. Satchivi Dow Agrosciences 57
#27 Robert A. Ress, Jr. Allison Advanced Development 54
#28 Garrett E. Clark HP 53
#28 Alan M. Warshawsky Eli Lilly 53
#28 Simon Elser Delta Faucet 53
#31 Federico G. Otero Masco Corporation Of Indiana 50
#32 Donald J. Merlo Dow Agrosciences 48
#32 David H. Young Rohm And Haas 48
#34 Gregory A. Hubbard General Motors 47
#35 Jon K. Reel Eli Lilly 45
#35 Daniel J. Dempsey Carrier 45
#37 James D. Shaw Eastman Kodak 44
#38 W. John Owen Dow Agrosciences 43
#39 Michael J. Veros Delta Faucet 42
#39 Louis Litwin Thomson Licensing 42
#39 David Anthony Benedetti Voxx International 42
#42 Wensheng Zhou Firestone Building Products Company 41
#43 Harlan E. Shannon Eli Lilly 40
#44 Michael Harris Palantir Technologies 39
#45 Michael R. Loso Dow Agrosciences 38
#45 Tamer Coskun Applied Materials 38
#45 Ann M. Buysse Dow Agrosciences 38
#48 Joseph D. Eckelbarger Dow Agrosciences 37
#48 Paul D. Henry 3M 37
#50 Richard Joseph Skertic Rolls-Royce North America 36

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