Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cheektowaga, NY ranks #4,953 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 540 patents from 179 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cheektowaga, NY include IBM, Derrick, Praxair Technology. That works out to 7.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 179 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ravinder Prakash IBM 41
2 Christian Newman Derrick 33
3 Joseph Alfred Weber Praxair Technology 25
#4 Leon E. Wolinski Pierce & Stevens 16
#5 Robert T. Kazmierczak Elf Atochem North America 13
#6 John Gullo United States Postal Service 12
#7 David C. Johnson Occidental Chemical 11
#8 Michael M. Litwin Praxair Technology 10
#8 Timothy Scott Wyant Dupont Electronics 10
#10 Christopher D. Cimerman Mattel 9
#10 Joseph M. Fisher Illinois Tool Works 9
#10 Edward Phillip Hibbard Elf Atochem North America 9
#10 Bao-Guo Huang Aventis Pharmaceuticals 9
#14 Raymond A. Newman Np Industries 8
#14 Colin G. Vogel Hutchinson Industries 8
#16 Alfred J. Panneri A. J. Panneri Enterprises 7
#17 David S. Soriano Allied Consulting 6
#17 John C. Belknap 6
#17 Joseph A. Pawlak Occidental Chemical 6
#17 Eric John Helda Irwin Industrial Tool 6
#17 Roman Jankowiak Conax 6
#17 Zhongping Huang Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. Of Zhuhai 6
#23 Eugene Giorgini Scott Technologies 5
#23 Kenneth Benczkowski General Electro Mechanical 5
#25 George Peters 4
#25 Michael John Sinicropi Praxair Technology 4
#25 Kenneth M. Caprio Tectran Mfg. 4
#25 Jerel Bogdan 4
#25 Thomas H. Rummell Gemcor Engineering 4
#25 Adam Michael Moehlau Postprocess Technologies 4
#25 R. Bruce Robinson 4
#25 Kurt Stodolka Derrick 4
#25 Steven W. Lanzone Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 4
#25 Joseph W. Langen Moore Business Forms 4
#25 Frank C. Falzone General Motors 4
#25 Lawrence J. Simmons E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#37 Gabriel A. Kustra Greatbatch 3
#37 Manivannan Ethirajan Health Research 3
#37 Carol Zagrabski 3
#37 George Piotrowski Occidental Chemical 3
#37 Chris Wierzbowski Construction Research & Technology Gmbh 3
#37 Brian D. Kamas Multisorb Technologies 3
#37 Amy Wojciechowski Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 3
#37 Scott Michael Kroon Alfred University 3
#37 Michael A. Sobczynski Curbell 3
#37 Suzanne M. Reimer Oneida 3
#37 Lawrence G. Strasser, Jr. Mcgard 3
#37 Christian P. Marks J.M. Canty 3
#37 Kenneth F. Kubiak Occidental Chemical 3
#37 Norman Nash Acadia Pharmaceuticals 3

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