Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Galion, OH ranks #9,534 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 214 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Galion, OH include Gas Research Institute, Leapfrog Enterprises, Oms Investments. That works out to 20.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Harold J. Miller, III 19
2 James T. Cole Gas Research Institute 16
3 Larry Lynch Leapfrog Enterprises 15
#4 Harold E. Thompson Oms Investments 14
#5 C. Eugene McMurray Us Synthetic 12
#6 David D. Schindler Cleveland Clinic 11
#7 Peter Halemba Kinetico Incorporated 8
#8 Timothy E. Cox Nasdaq Omx Group 7
#9 William Robert Wright Consumer Lighting (U.S.) 5
#9 David A. Connell Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated 5
#9 Larry A. Rasmussen Riverwood International 5
#12 Donald Drown Midwest Tool And Cutlery 4
#12 Richard R. Black Lummus Technology 4
#12 Christopher M. Nook 4
#12 Allen Wagner Eagle Crusher Company 4
#12 Donald C. Baldwin Dresser Industries 4
#17 John Luciano Construction Research & Technology Gmbh 3
#17 Carroll R. Johnson 3
#17 James Huston Sony 3
#17 Timothy W. Nilsen Case Western Reserve University 3
#17 Richard E. Wilhelm Ppg Industries 3
#17 John Roller Peco Ii 3
#17 Christopher M. Nook Bionx Medical Technologies 3
#17 James Cole Hpm 3
#17 Timothy A. Monaco Galion Solid Waste Equipment Company 3
#17 Eugene R. Grubaugh 3
#17 Donald G. Braden Dresser Industries 3
#28 Paul Wise Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited 2
#28 Charles C. Treisch, Jr. Hpm 2
#28 Herbert T. Cobey 2
#28 Curt T. Young Warren Rupp 2
#28 Ross Cunningham Unknown 2
#28 Frank H. Mecklenburg Bird Electronic 2
#28 David Drotos Trans Union 2
#28 Jon Drew Karnes Peco Ii 2
#36 Jon E. Rogers Commodore Applied Technologies 1
#36 Eric L. Elswick 1
#36 Richard S. Lyon 1
#36 Brian Joseph Thebeault 1
#36 David R. Hedrick 1
#36 C. Philip Longstreth 1
#36 Randolph F. Monk 1
#36 Thomas E. Kidwell 1
#36 Frederick Cuffari, Jr. 1
#36 Wilbur E. Lilly 1
#36 Garland Gledhill 1
#36 Randel W. Hankins 1
#36 Hugh Kendall Boice, III 1
#36 Alvin F. Franks, deceased 1
#36 Scott A. Reece 1

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