Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Erlanger, KY ranks #8,400 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 258 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Erlanger, KY include Zoomessence, Hk Systems, Hitachi. That works out to 13.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles Pershing Beetz Zoomessence 27
2 John J. Wilkins Hk Systems 24
3 Hayato Shimizu Hitachi 20
#4 Robert M. Gronner Ticona 12
#5 Stephen Bartlett Gkn Automotive Limited 9
#6 David W. Sellers Insight Automation 8
#6 Sung Hye Kim Ticona 8
#8 John A. Scheben National Distillers And Chemical 7
#9 Nick L. French 6
#9 Donna Rene Hill The Procter & Gamble 6
#9 Patrick John Lonneman GE 6
#12 Salem Bensalem Toyota 5
#12 Galen Edward Downton The Procter & Gamble 5
#12 Robert S. Milligan IBM 5
#12 Mark W. McElfresh Unknown 5
#16 Jason Laib Deutsche Post Ag 4
#16 Stephen D. Parker Thomson Licensing 4
#16 Darin Grinsteinner Ticona 4
#16 Raymond Michael Greiwe Howmedica Osteonics 4
#16 Stephen William Sikra The Procter & Gamble 4
#16 Maisha Makeda Cox H. M. Electronics 4
#22 Joel Nathan Tucker The Gillette Company 3
#22 Joseph Kendall Mauro, SR. Campbell Hausfeld / Scott Fetzer 3
#22 Rabon Hensley GE 3
#25 R. Dressman Cold Jet 2
#25 Matthew J. Zdinak R.A Jones & 2
#25 Gustav A. Maag Schering 2
#25 Robert B. Cotton, Jr. Baldwin Piano & Organ 2
#25 Gary Wildt J.F. Berns Co. 2
#25 Kenneth Lee Brinkley 2
#25 Ricky D. Duncan 2
#25 Douglas Vagedes 2
#25 Ronald Pratt Children'S Hospital Medical Center 2
#25 Timothy P. Hentz Apex Industrial Technologies 2
#25 Steven A. Hacker Automax 2
#25 Riley N. Kinman 2
#25 Mark Gatman 2
#25 Eric Gohring Mestek 2
#25 F. Kenneth Hopkins US Air Force 2
#25 James Victor List Diversey Lever 2
#25 Richard A. Daff Aristech Chemical 2
#25 Alexander J. Wessel Wincom 2
#25 Richard J. Weisenberger 2
#25 Sean Patrick Fagin The Procter & Gamble 2
#45 Penny Sue Weed The Procter & Gamble 1
#45 Kenneth Schroeder The Procter & Gamble 1
#45 David R. Tubesing The Andrew Jergens 1
#45 Radu Stefan Curiac Siemens Industry 1
#45 Theodore Andrew Samotis Georgia-Pacific Corrugated 1
#45 Sung Hye Kim Celanese Eva Performance Polymers 1

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