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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chester, MD ranks #18,568 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 75 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chester, MD include IBM, Unknown, Baltimore Aircoil Company. That works out to 15.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Francis Ziegler IBM 18
2 James R. Windgassen 11
3 Lowell R. Goodman Unknown 6
#4 Gregory Michael Lowman Baltimore Aircoil Company 5
#4 Edwin Krozack Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Limited Partnership 5
#6 William K. Upton, III US Air Force 4
#7 Linda M. Dennig 2
#7 Jeremy Ryan Salkin Stericycle 2
#7 Greg T. Alkire Usa As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration 2
#7 James Barden Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 2
#7 Corey Jacob Salemi Black & Decker 2
#12 Wentworth A. Ernst Westinghouse Electric 1
#12 Robert Udoff 1
#12 John A. Benkovich, III 1
#12 Larry D. Duckett, Jr. Becton, Dickinson And 1
#12 Joseph F. Paroulek Northrop Grumman 1
#12 Peter Y. Mills Sonex Research 1
#12 David Airel 1
#12 Richard D. Cira 1
#12 Thomas Lee Shanholtz 1
#12 Mark O. Kimball NASA 1
#12 Mojgan Tehrani La Vay 1
#12 Richard Alan La Vay 1
#12 Edward M. Pennington US Air Force 1
#12 Roy L. Rafter, Sr. 1
#12 Victor H. Dilling US Air Force 1
#12 George F. Gannon, Jr. Electric Power Research Institute 1

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