Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cumberland, MD ranks #8,479 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 254 patents from 73 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cumberland, MD include The Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Ppg Industries, US Air Force. That works out to 13.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 73 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph Henry Laco The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 23
2 Ronald L. Schwenninger Ppg Industries 18
3 Kenneth L. Moore US Air Force 17
#4 Clay B. Siegall Seattle Genetics 16
#5 Robert Edgar Boore The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 14
#6 Richard Wood Cytogen 9
#7 Gary W. Egerton Pulse Electronics 8
#8 Vikrant Sagar Comcast 7
#9 Elie E. Saad Miles 6
#9 Ashok Agrawala University Of Maryland 6
#9 Rebecca S. Rudicell The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 6
#9 Steven A. Tretter Nortel Networks Limited 6
#9 David Dao Capital One Services 6
#14 Robert A. Farrell 5
#14 Brian Murphy Molex 5
#14 Herbert Hedges Schad, Jr. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 5
#17 Fiona Brabazon Healthpartners Research & Education 4
#17 Mark R. Shaffer Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
#17 Carl D. Hayes 4
#17 Nicole D. Zantek Purdue Research Foundation 4
#17 Smitha Antony Purdue Research Foundation 4
#17 Laura Johnson Cook Medical Technologies 4
#23 Yenny Paola Moya 3
#23 Alan G. Shimp US Air Force 3
#23 Abdella Battou 3
#23 Jonathan W. Yewdell US Dept of Health & Human Services 3
#23 Kamal Moudgil University Of Maryland, Baltimore 3
#23 Robert W. Verona US Army 3
#29 Michael Wohl 2
#29 Herbert Feinroth The Babcock & Wilcox 2
#29 Mauricio Chacon Belkin International 2
#29 Steven J. Metallo Georgetown University 2
#29 William E. Richards US Air Force 2
#29 Mustafa Sonmez Sri International 2
#29 E. David DeVilbiss USDA 2
#29 Slavomir Bystricky 2
#29 Kee W. Rhee US Air Force 2
#29 Lucy Johnson Hayes 2
#39 Dondrell L. Whitmore 1
#39 Cecilia S. Ouyang US Dept of Health & Human Services 1
#39 Christopher Andrew Neylan New Jersey Institute Of Technology 1
#39 Dorothy Muse 1
#39 Emmanuel S. Antaonarakis The Johns Hopkins University 1
#39 Nitirwork Armstrong Fannie Mae 1
#39 Rudy G Sturgill Unknown 1
#39 Lipo Wang US Dept of Health & Human Services 1
#39 Ivan Pechenezhskiy University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#39 David Schwering 1
#39 Markus Seyfried Genencor International 1
#39 Albert Jin US Dept of Health & Human Services 1

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