Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chester, PA ranks #4,106 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 690 patents from 161 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chester, PA include Metrologic Instruments, Westinghouse Electric, Sun Refining And Marketing. That works out to 21.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 161 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Schnee Metrologic Instruments 90
2 George J. Silvestri, Jr. Westinghouse Electric 51
3 Harry K. Myers, Jr. Sun Refining And Marketing 29
#4 Larry Cameron Anthony Butamax Advanced Biofuels 24
#5 Jeffrey R. Thomas Illinois Tool Works 21
#5 Robert J. Chilton, III Draeger Medical Systems 21
#5 James E. Haley Verizon 21
#8 David F. Thompson Corning Incorporated 14
#8 Roger T. Clark Pennwalt 14
#10 Jeffrey P. Viola General Instrument 13
#11 John McCartney Norwood Industries 12
#12 Paul A. Mancinelli Atlantic Richfield 11
#12 Michael J. Darmon E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 11
#12 Mark W. Wessel Unisys 11
#15 Richard D. Angley Engineered Arresting Systems 10
#15 Eric Jon Eisele Delos Living 10
#15 George West Leesona 10
#18 Samuel Greenhalgh US Air Force 9
#18 Veronika Martynova Globus Medical 9
#20 Robert W. Shinn Suntec Co. 8
#20 Robert Worrell Bunn-O-Matic 8
#20 John P. Donlan Westinghouse Electric 8
#20 Ashia D. Kennon Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 8
#24 Michael T. Riggs Hypertension Diagnostics 7
#25 Adam E. Snook Thomas Jefferson University 6
#25 Ron Francis AT&T 6
#25 William Gremminger Ab Volvo Penta 6
#25 Seok Rye Choi Proteometech 6
#25 Deven Vazirani Comcast 6
#30 James W. Cairns Caterpillar 5
#30 Leland L. Krauss E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 5
#30 Kevin King Coinstar Asset Holdings 5
#30 Richard T. Ross Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 5
#34 Donald M. Sadler E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#34 Christopher F. Bowers 4
#34 Robert Lewis Wallace, Jr. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#34 Robert Knabb Bristol-Myers Squibb 4
#34 Baoqing Li Transgenomic 4
#34 Edward T. Claffey American Tech Manufacturing 4
#34 Martin A. Krongold Mg Industries 4
#34 John M. Beatty Westinghouse Electric 4
#34 Michael James Daciw Brasscraft Manufacturing 4
#34 Raymond G. Burns, III ExxonMobil 4
#44 Robert S. Kunzig Sky-Trax 3
#44 William G Caron Zenith Products 3
#44 Michael Menta Southco 3
#44 Jufang He City University Of Hong Kong 3
#44 John Jennings Microsoft 3
#44 Stephen John Tucker University of Minnesota 3
#44 Steven Say-Kyoun OW KAIST 3

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