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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clearfield, PA ranks #10,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 174 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clearfield, PA include Safco, Westinghouse Electric, Sylvan America. That works out to 29.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard Wharton Safco 18
2 Jere L. McKee Westinghouse Electric 17
3 Richard W. Kerrigan Sylvan America 15
#4 James A. Neuner Westinghouse Electric 14
#5 Daniel B. Bezilla Fortinet 11
#6 Donald Abrino North American Refractories 9
#7 Samuel B. Bonsall, III North American Refractories 7
#8 Robert D. Gale Berg Technology 6
#9 Joseph Russell Cousins Jergens 4
#9 Robert James Showers 4
#9 Keith W. Billotte Unknown 4
#12 Robert H. Phillips North American Refractories 3
#12 Michelle L. Massung Accuweather 3
#12 Kenneth P. Moll AT&T 3
#15 Roger O. Menard 2
#15 Philip Carr Edwards Japan Limited 2
#15 Eric E. CUMMINGS 2
#15 Andrew K. Jenkins Paradyne Technologies 2
#15 Max Magliaro Numerex 2
#15 Charles F. Nearhoof, Jr. 2
#15 Donald Lee Kelce 2
#15 Edward Navasky 2
#15 Ronald H. Hughes Allied Consulting 2
#24 Alvin W. Barrett 1
#24 George M. Sayers, Jr. 1
#24 Gunther Goebel Allied Consulting 1
#24 James Rishel 1
#24 James Catherman, III 1
#24 Patrick F. Tekely Berg Technology 1
#24 Donald Thomas Palmer 1
#24 Maximilian Matthew Magliaro 1
#24 Charles F. Nearhoof, Sr. 1
#24 Douglas David Harding Thomson Licensing 1
#24 Roger C. Swatsworth 1
#24 Melvin C. Scaife 1
#24 Matthew Chverchko 1
#24 George W. Sankey, II 1
#24 Coleen C. Morgan Bank of America 1
#24 Corey Curtis Conaway 1
#24 Ray Showers 1
#24 John Showers 1
#24 Michael Beirlair, Sr. 1
#24 Michael Beirlair, Jr. 1
#24 Danielle Asquino 1
#24 Edwin Michael Barney 1
#24 Jay Krause Unknown 1
#24 Robert A. Slavonia Carrier 1
#24 Guenter R. Goebel 1
#24 Charles C. Taccone 1
#24 Michael A. Rudella 1

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