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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dalton, OH ranks #11,452 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 163 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dalton, OH include Diebold, Venture Products, Schaeffler. That works out to 84.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Todd Christian Diebold 27
2 Roy I. Steiner Venture Products 17
2 Jonathan Jameson Schaeffler 17
#4 Patrick Ryan Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 11
#5 Roscoe J. Lehman Venture Products 9
#6 Ryan S. Steiner Hoover Limited 8
#7 Scott Widmer Round Grove Products 7
#8 Mark G. Bowling 5
#9 Edward Johnston Wayne-Dalton 4
#9 Stephen W. Pesho 4
#9 Brent G. Nussbaum Miller Weldmaster 4
#9 Darryl H. Woods Technology Partners 4
#9 Todd M. Sommer GE 4
#14 Barbara A. Wade Dover Chemical 3
#14 Glenn R. Fahrni, Jr. The Timken 3
#14 Edmund Joseph Zaleski Maradyne 3
#14 William J. Kapper Celltech Metals 3
#18 John S. Husted The Wooster Brush 2
#18 Todd A. Melick Energy & Environmental Research Foundation 2
#18 John W. Wengerd 2
#18 Kathy Gadfield Ohio State University 2
#18 Marianne Cameron Semantic Compaction Systems 2
#23 Rodney L. Arney 1
#23 Russell Matheny 1
#23 Sharon L. Mishler 1
#23 Earl J. Neiss 1
#23 Ned A. Mishler 1
#23 Daniel Cowhick 1
#23 Rex J. Wiebe 1
#23 Douglas Fate Aircraft Braking Systems 1
#23 Allan L. Horst Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 1
#23 Scott A. Oberlin 1
#23 Mark Bodziony 1
#23 Monte Egon King 1
#23 Larry E. Weaver 1
#23 Kayla Covington 1
#23 Eddie Johnston 1
#23 Leroy J. Kandel 1
#23 Abram Lee Fuller 1
#23 Norman Brenneman Schaeffler 1
#23 Leon W. Wengerd 1
#23 Thomas Caillet Schaeffler 1

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