Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ephrata, PA ranks #3,702 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 792 patents from 139 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ephrata, PA include Cnh Industrial America, Sperry, Cnh America. That works out to 57.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 139 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John H. Posselius Cnh Industrial America 125
2 Garth H. Bulgrien Cnh Industrial America 53
3 Willis R. Campbell Sperry 44
#4 David M. DeChristopher Cnh Industrial America 42
#5 Andrew V. Lauwers Cnh Industrial America 37
#6 Robert L. Fackler Cnh America 28
#7 Dennis L. Miller Rca 23
#8 Jethro Martin Cnh Industrial America 22
#9 Harold M. Zimmerman Gs Roofing Products Company 21
#10 John A. Williams United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 20
#11 Douglas S. Fitzkee Cnh America 16
#12 Lee W. Steely Amp 15
#13 Bryant F. Webb New Holland North America 12
#14 Lindsay Marie Spangler Pioneer (Corteva) 10
#15 John J. Conroy Cnh Industrial America 9
#15 David N. Heinsey Cnh America 9
#15 Thomas L. Stiefvater New Holland North America 9
#18 Carl Brewer Cnh Industrial America 8
#19 Thomas A. Hessen W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 7
#19 Friedrich W. Schmidt Sharpoint 7
#19 Daniel M. Holdridge Awi Licensing 7
#19 William P. Pavlek Arkema 7
#19 Raymond Zimmerman Raytec Limited 7
#19 James A. Tshudy NVIDIA 7
#19 Robert L. Bowman US Dept of Health & Human Services 7
#19 Jeffry R. Frahm Malzine Co. 7
#27 Andrew Good Thomson Consumer Electronics 6
#27 William Jordan Rajant 6
#27 John L. Homan Unisys 6
#27 Roland P. Gehman Societe Civile Mgs 6
#31 Roger Huggard Cnh Industrial America 5
#31 Gary L. Weaver Swa Holding Company 5
#31 James S. Irwin Unisys 5
#34 John Pierdomenico Analog Devices 4
#34 William P. Jordan Unisys 4
#34 Eugene Martin Foodcraft Equipment Co. 4
#34 Roger D. Mast, Jr. Cnh America 4
#34 Ronald J. Focia National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 4
#34 Frederick Robert Hubach Cnh Industrial America 4
#34 Brian Polgrean Heil Trailer International 4
#34 Thomas L. Zartman 4
#34 Karl W. Klotzbach Cnh America 4
#34 Leon H. Horning, JR. Horning Manufacturing 4
#34 Harry H. Becker 4
#34 C. Scott Schaeffer Thermal 4
#34 Logan Auker Valco Industries 4
#47 Richard L. Stuck Dana Limited 3
#47 Nicholas Emil Gavenas Brentwood Industries 3
#47 William J. Homik Ford 3
#47 Bruce A. Hadley Cnh Industrial America 3

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