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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Findlay, OH ranks #2,196 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,444 patents from 333 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Findlay, OH include Monsanto Technology, Creative Plastic Concepts, Coopper Tire & Rubber. That works out to 35.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 333 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Behm Monsanto Technology 105
2 Ben Sayalith Creative Plastic Concepts 65
3 Jeremy J. Jacobs Coopper Tire & Rubber 52
#4 Tony Vilay Creative Plastic Concepts 31
#4 Matthew B. Below Fram Group Ip 31
#6 Ray Brooks Convey 27
#7 Donald W. Sting Spectratech 26
#8 Eric Hummel Creative Plastic Concepts 25
#9 Jeffrey A. Sexton Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 23
#10 Randall L. Tucker Coopper Tire & Rubber 21
#11 Brian K. Wilt Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 19
#11 Bill Russell Vanhoose Advanced Drainage Systems 19
#13 Roy Roger Bledsoe, Jr. Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 17
#13 Zachary D. Thobe Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 17
#15 Matthew J. Petr Coopper Tire & Rubber 16
#15 Stephen J. Jones Drax Power Limited 16
#17 James L. Fouss Hancor 15
#17 Zachary Kochanek Coopper Tire & Rubber 15
#17 Patrick J. Bonifas Coopper Tire & Rubber 15
#20 Christopher D. Grote Coopper Tire & Rubber 14
#20 Troy David Geiser Shoot-A-Way 14
#20 Craig W. Potter Avery Dennison 14
#20 Phillip H. Clauda Johnson & Johnson 14
#24 Lance T. Campbell Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 13
#24 Randy N. Ridge Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 13
#24 John R. Weber Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 13
#27 Calvin Wu Coopper Tire & Rubber 12
#27 Kurt A. Thieman Coopper Tire & Rubber 12
#27 William Shearon Intersil Americas 12
#27 Nicholas James Piazza Advanced Drainage Systems 12
#27 Craig R. Davenport Coopper Tire & Rubber 12
#27 John J. Parker Hancor 12
#33 Greg A. Miller GE 11
#33 William W. Brecheisen Owens-Brockway Plastic Products 11
#33 Peg Broughton Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 11
#33 David Whikehart Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 11
#37 Steve Williamson Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex 10
#37 Pingtian Li The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 10
#37 Richard Lawrence Kretz Whirlpool 10
#40 Nikolas A. Larsen Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 9
#40 Mark W. Fisher Wilson Sporting Goods 9
#40 V. Elijah Mullins Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 9
#40 Gregory Herold Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 9
#44 Brent M. Hiser Coopper Tire & Rubber 8
#44 Terrence Lee Reinhart Century Plastics 8
#44 Debojit Barua Allied Consulting 8
#44 Dennis W. DeSalve United Aircraft Products 8
#44 Harry P. Wertheimer Allied Consulting 8
#44 Julie Graber Kuss Filtration 8
#50 John F. Combest Kuss 7

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