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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fairview, PA ranks #6,068 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 410 patents from 90 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairview, PA include Autoclave Engineers, Nevis Industries, GE. That works out to 143.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 90 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles W. Smith, Jr. Autoclave Engineers 26
2 James A. Pike Nevis Industries 25
3 Brian Nedward Meyer GE 24
#4 Michael White Schaeffler 22
#5 Patrick D. Smith Amazon 21
#6 Gregory Nowak Eriez Manufacturing 14
#7 James T. Gwinn Lord 12
#7 Michael A. Bacik American Sterilizer 12
#9 Robert A. Auerbach Lord 11
#10 Thomas G. Cook American Sterilizer 10
#10 Eric J. Butterfield Emco Wheaton Gmbh 10
#10 Dennis Richter GE 10
#13 Larry R. Rosio Autoclave Engineers 9
#13 Fritz O. Seger Smith International 9
#13 Tab Robert Mong GE 9
#16 Alan J. Hannibal Lord 8
#16 Wookwon Lee Nortel Networks Limited 8
#18 John H. Zelina, Jr. Lightning Systems 7
#19 Marshall A. Carner Eriez Manufacturing 6
#19 Frank Chernek Disney 6
#19 John A. McKean Titan Tool 6
#19 Ronald H. Till GE 6
#19 Ed Hall Beta Air 6
#24 Daniel Stephen Speelman Magic Leap 5
#24 Charles H. Parr Southwest Research Institute 5
#24 Timothy J. Kubat Lord 5
#24 Christopher C. Knoll Snap-Tite Technologies 5
#28 Christopher D. Cedzo Eriez Manufacturing 4
#28 David Zolner American Sterilizer 4
#28 Thomas E. Olon American Sterilizer 4
#28 Jared Vaughn Transportation Ip Holdings 4
#28 Louis P. Musante Unknown 4
#28 Jack Denton Utley Pivot Health Technologies 4
#28 William J. Sanko Alfred D. Lobo Co., L.P.A. 4
#35 Jason Thomas Wokutch Unknown 3
#35 Leonard W. Stephens Unknown 3
#35 Mark Elliott Loch Transportation Ip Holdings 3
#35 Peter Howorth Lord 3
#35 C. Richard Unkle GE 3
#35 Floyd Curry GE 3
#35 Venu Gopal Gummadavelli GE 3
#35 Harvey E. Downey Inrange Systems 3
#43 Jon D. Welsh American Sterilizer 2
#43 Robert M. Koca GE 2
#43 David S. Bard 2
#43 Jack N. Tallmadge Lord 2
#43 Dale R Pierce 2
#43 Daniel P Kuchcinski 2
#43 Marc Quint Snap-Tite Technologies 2
#43 Edward M. Shostek American Sterilizer 2

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