Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Edgewood, KY ranks #8,768 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 242 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Edgewood, KY include Johnson & Johnson, M-I L.L.C., Prolifiq Software. That works out to 28.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael S. Cropper Johnson & Johnson 67
2 Ari M. Hukki M-I L.L.C. 17
3 Anh Huynh Prolifiq Software 15
#4 Steven K. Freeburne Dow Corning 11
#4 Chris Smith Inmar Clearing 11
#6 Charles L. Heck Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 10
#7 Eric Johnson M-I L.L.C. 7
#8 Frank Kramer Hayes Lemmerz International 6
#9 Francis J. Kramer Senco Products 5
#9 Dennis B. Griffin Griffin Industries 5
#9 Joseph Thomas Indian Institute Of Science 5
#9 Ronald L. Eubanks Tkf Incorporated 5
#13 Jacob W. Schubert Gyroscope Therapeutics Limited 4
#13 Thomas A. Messina 4
#15 John W. Freudenberg The Andrew Jergens 3
#15 Claud Andrew Neagle 3
#15 Robert Daniel Rece The Procter & Gamble 3
#15 Robert Joseph Schaar The Procter & Gamble 3
#15 Daniel Michael Schlipf Zoomessence 3
#15 Thomas F. Leslie The Procter & Gamble 3
#15 Timothy L. Burns Arteva North America S.A.R.L. 3
#22 Todd William Bachmann GE 2
#22 James G. Shepherd 2
#22 Cody Z. Caldon Acushnet 2
#22 Kenneth S. Scheffel GE 2
#22 Jon Blake Moser The Procter & Gamble 2
#22 Donald Whipple Lightning Systems 2
#22 Gary Loveless GE 2
#22 Linda Heck Fette Gmbh 2
#22 Garry O. Hanson 2
#22 Wayne A. Siemer 2
#32 Darla Bonar Kettenacker The Procter & Gamble 1
#32 Timothy T. Phillips Square D 1
#32 Dennis Leeds Equitable Bag Co. 1
#32 David L. Wenstrup Richardson Merrell 1
#32 Michael F. O'Dwyer The Drackett 1
#32 Fred L. Banta Burndy 1
#32 Thomas R. Keuer L.R. Nelson 1
#32 Mohamad Daher Xtek 1
#32 Arlyn Bolte 1
#32 Carol K. Thomas 1
#32 William H. Schuler 1
#32 Bryan Baumann Cook Medical Technologies 1
#32 Frank J. Cipollone Equitable Bag Co. 1
#32 Donald D. Culver The Procter & Gamble 1
#32 Gayle B. Wynn 1
#32 Albert Kenkel 1
#32 Clarence R. Peace, Jr. The Procter & Gamble 1
#32 Dewey D. Rigg 1
#32 Carol Lynn Deitz-Bertke 1

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