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Delaware, OH All Time

1,346 patents  ·  260 inventors  ·  32.6/1k pop.

Ranked #2,334 of 112,640 cities Top 3%

Delaware, OH ranks #2,334 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,346 patents from 260 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Delaware, OH include Inno-Pak, Moen Incorporated, Liqui-Box. That works out to 32.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 260 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan D. Sill Inno-Pak 122
2 Michael J. Painter Moen Incorporated 92
3 James W. Johnson Liqui-Box 90
#4 Keith G. Frost IBM 62
#5 Michael E. Cornell Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated 59
#6 Francis P. Daly Velocys 44
#7 Jeffrey A. Hadden Nike 24
#8 Terry L. Whiteside Whiteside Mfg. 23
#9 Brian P. Heber Liebert 22
#10 Mark H. Nelson Whirlpool 17
#10 Spencer Murrell Holophane 17
#12 Brian Swank Luvata Ohio 16
#13 Christopher Lang Honda Motor Co. 15
#13 Russell A. Nippert The Nippert 15
#13 Kwame Owusu-Adom Koch Agronomic Services 15
#16 Albert de la Chapelle The Johns Hopkins University 14
#17 Kenneth J. Heater Metss 13
#17 Edwin Beck — 13
#17 Vincent Tkac IBM 13
#20 Garold W. Alexander Peerless Machine & Tool 12
#20 Edward W. Martin Ohio State Innovation Foundation 12
#22 Hiten T. Shah Acoust-A-Fiber Research And Development 11
#22 Jeremy P. Lucas Honda Motor Co. 11
#22 Van Wood Battelle Memorial Institute 11
#22 Alexander Savitski Dukane Ias 11
#22 Christopher Mampe Honda Motor Co. 11
#27 Dennis R. Weber — 10
#27 Derrick Ian Cobb Honda Motor Co. 10
#29 James S. Griffith Intel 9
#29 Charles Stephen Haase Honda Motor Co. 9
#29 Yosry A. Attia Battelle Development 9
#29 Robert W. Harriman Oms Investments 9
#33 Adam Vosz Honda Motor Co. 8
#33 Christopher Salvador Honda Motor Co. 8
#33 Christy A. Nardelli Abbott 8
#36 Keith Gausmann S. C. Johnson & Son 7
#36 Keith Ray Whirlpool 7
#36 Eric R. Navin S. C. Johnson & Son 7
#36 Russell E. Shetler, Jr. Liebert 7
#36 Matt Williams JPMorgan Chase 7
#36 Subhajit Datta Microsoft 7
#36 Kelly W. Scott JPMorgan Chase 7
#43 Gregory W. Ratcliff Liebert 6
#43 Ericka Ponte Caastle 6
#43 Scott Hayden Liberty Hardware Mfg. 6
#43 John James Gartland The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 6
#43 Daniel P. Saliaris — 6
#43 Vincent D. McGinnis Battelle Development 6
#49 Charles E. Bree The D. L. Auld 5
#49 Amy Lynn Kerin Checkfree 5

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