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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gary, IN ranks #10,189 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 195 patents from 95 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gary, IN include Apple, The Pullman, Andrew. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 95 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary R. Johnson Apple 45
2 Walter J. Marulic The Pullman 14
3 David T. Tennant Andrew 9
#4 Linda K. Jackson Kraft General Foods 7
#5 Ronald J. Koval Usg Interiors 5
#6 Patrick Mullen 4
#6 Joe W. McCarty Fisher Controls International 4
#8 Sergio Castaneda 3
#8 Jesse Abraham Ramos Cs Disco 3
#8 Pamela M. Daniels Soft Sheen Products 3
#8 Anthony P. Richards The Procter & Gamble 3
#12 Frank Gray 2
#12 Kourtney M. Trotter 2
#12 Richard Hagelberg 2
#12 Gregory S. Reising 2
#12 Robert R. Hodge 2
#12 Dennis L. Berndt Sprague Devices 2
#12 George McGuan 2
#12 Everett G. Ring 2
#12 Eric A. Washington 2
#12 Gabriela R. Sims Panduit 2
#12 Jeffrey M. Rothenberg Advanced Magnetics 2
#23 Wilbert Hinkle 1
#23 Calvin Small 1
#23 Ray A. Lawson 1
#23 Lawrence R. Loskill Maatschappij Van Berkel'S Patent N.V. 1
#23 Frederick T. Work, Jr. 1
#23 Gerald Lehmann Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 1
#23 Connie D. Blair 1
#23 John L. Faulkner, III 1
#23 Frank J. Witecki 1
#23 Luis Alfaro 1
#23 Janita Laniece Simpson 1
#23 Jamisetta Holder 1
#23 LeArnetta Battle 1
#23 Patricia W. Bennett 1
#23 Louis Garcia Lisle 1
#23 Harold Edward Shrader 1
#23 Felix White, Jr. 1
#23 Jamesetta Holder 1
#23 Mary Hunter 1
#23 Carlton Summers 1
#23 Johnice C. Smith 1
#23 Matilda A Turner 1
#23 John Dearhammer 1
#23 Eunice A. Bethel 1
#23 Ollette Phinisee-Washington 1
#23 Daphne N. White 1
#23 Elouise Wilson 1
#23 Eddie D. Grice 1

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