Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cortland, NY ranks #4,032 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 706 patents from 125 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cortland, NY include IBM, Borgwarner, Empire Technology Development. That works out to 40.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 125 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shang Q. Guo IBM 66
2 Franklin R. Smith Borgwarner 47
3 Gregory D. Phelan Empire Technology Development 40
#4 Stephen A. Geibel Danaher 37
#5 Charles M. Curley Smith Corona 34
#6 Chad McCloy Borgwarner 30
#7 Dhruv Agarwal True Fabrications 21
#7 Brian Mueller Pass & Seymour 21
#9 Kenneth D. Vought Pass & Seymour 20
#10 Stephen Payne Transact Technologies Incorporated 18
#11 Hans W. Mueller Smith Corona 16
#11 Matthew W. Crump Borgwarner 16
#13 Michael B. Whitlock Danaher 15
#14 Roy Cohen R.O. Marketing 13
#15 Michael Boylan Comcast 11
#16 Marcel G. Verrando Danaher 10
#16 Dennis A. Tillotson Lockheed Martin 10
#18 Kristian P. Garrow D&L Manufacturing 9
#18 Anthony Nigro Callaway Golf 9
#18 Ketan V. Karia Panavision Imaging 9
#18 Barry Leiba IBM 9
#22 Thomas Poonnen Panavision Imaging 8
#22 Keith B. Cobb Borgwarner 8
#24 Anantha Desikan Akzo Nobel N.V. 7
#24 Meinolf Sellmann IBM 7
#26 Sidney L. Hantler IBM 6
#26 Kimberly Caldwell Marietta 6
#26 Stephen M. Pawlak Smith Corona 6
#26 Alan D. Eckard Witco 6
#26 Li Liu Panavision Imaging 6
#26 Robert J. Soave Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#26 Matthew Pace Silicon Video 6
#33 Nimish Radia IBM 5
#33 Philip Henry 5
#33 James A. Bair Danaher 5
#33 Daniel W. Spencer Danaher 5
#37 Steven Toddes Sharkninja Operating 4
#37 Patrick Toohey Mettler-Toledo Gmbh 4
#37 Francis R. Oakley Scm Consultants 4
#37 Harry Cordes Danaher 4
#37 Robert J. Baron Eastman Kodak 4
#37 Matthew E. Junker Borgwarner 4
#37 Daniel Edward Tracy Hni Technologies 4
#37 Joseph Verschneider Danaher 4
#45 Alexander Gofman Innovation 3
#45 Jeffrey M. Seibert Danaher 3
#45 John Sarick Borgwarner 3
#45 Michael Andrew Clendenning Porex 3
#45 Dean Harvey The Raymond 3
#45 Raymond Mack Cornell University 3

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