Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dayton, IN ranks #24,378 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 47 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dayton, IN include Wabash National, Purdue Research Foundation, Muffin Incorporated. That works out to 35.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael J. Courtney Wabash National 20
2 Jason Duncan Purdue Research Foundation 12
3 Marc C. Buhrmester Muffin Incorporated 7
#4 Christopher Post Caterpillar 4
#5 Donnie A. Evans Bioanalytical Systems 2
#6 Lucian Stanciu Caterpillar 1
#6 Rollin E. Taylor 1

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