Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Elkview, WV ranks #35,908 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 23 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elkview, WV include Martek Limited, Dow Global Technologies, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And. That works out to 20.6 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 Charles Mark McClung Martek Limited 9
2 Jeffrey B. Drabish Dow Global Technologies 7
3 Garrett REED 3
#4 Emmett J. Speicher E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#4 James SHAFER 1
#4 Herbert J. Paxton, Jr. Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 1
#4 Joseph A. Sims, Jr. Union Carbide 1

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