Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clarence, NY ranks #3,512 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 842 patents from 203 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clarence, NY include Praxair Technology, Patuga, Gray Manufacturing Company. That works out to 308.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 203 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christian Friedrich Gottzmann Praxair Technology 40
2 Joseph Pandolfino Patuga 33
3 Larry M. Jaipaul Gray Manufacturing Company 23
#4 Wilson Greatbatch Biophan Technologies 22
#5 Brian P. Hohl Greatbatch 21
#6 James W. Campbell Chapin Manufacturing 20
#7 Christopher A. Palmerton Buffalo Filter 19
#7 James J. Volk Franklin Electric Co. 19
#7 Richard Fike Thermo Fisher 19
#10 Ross Rumfola, III Mattel 17
#11 Paul Apostolopoulos Paul Kristen 16
#12 Daniel C. Egan Imation 15
#12 Douglas C. Heiderman Praxair Technology 15
#12 Kari Ann Sausen Oetiker Ny 15
#15 Victor Miller Biophan Technologies 14
#16 Charles J. Koester Columbia University 13
#17 Theodore J. Falk Wilson Greatbatch 12
#18 Amy C. Marschilok 11
#18 Larry D. Cummings General Motors 11
#18 Paul L. Warner, Jr. Westwood Pharmaceuticals 11
#21 Richard A. Lyon Acuson 10
#21 Michael D. Tollini 10
#23 Michael F. Scalise Greatbatch 9
#23 David M. DiSabito Graphic Controls 9
#23 Kenneth D. Schreyer Columbus Mckinnon 9
#26 Donald Sahlem Wyman-Gordon 8
#26 Thaddeus Francis Pawlicki Eastman Kodak 8
#26 Fred W. Kiefer Ultra-Scan 8
#26 Charles C. Liang Duracell 8
#26 Lewis G. James Diversified Control 8
#26 Frederick W. Kiefer Calspan 8
#26 Amy B. Hangen Praxair Technology 8
#26 Wilfred L. Hand Gte Products 8
#34 Mohammad Abdul-Aziz Rashad Praxair Technology 7
#34 Raymond P. Arno Parker-Hannifin 7
#34 Phillip M. Sokolofsky Delphi Technologies 7
#34 Ravinder K. Bansal Airsep 7
#34 Xiaojian Zhao GE 7
#34 Ross Sherban Ldr Medical, S.A.S. 7
#34 Michael J. Arno Unknown 7
#34 James Stanley Schneider Praxair Technology 7
#34 Jonathan Calamel Greatbatch 7
#34 Scott L. Roth Imacor 7
#44 Dan Hartsough The Electrosynthesis Company 6
#44 Jeffrey Deal Gentcorp 6
#44 Edward Gloss Greatbatch 6
#47 Timothy R. Ronald Wilson Greatbatch 5
#47 Richard W. Lally Oceana Sensor Technologies 5
#47 David Shore Minebea Co. 5
#47 Daniel F. Primeau 5

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