Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Geneva, OH ranks #8,586 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 249 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Geneva, OH include Illinois Tool Works, Cleveland Clinic, Duracell. That works out to 42.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric G. Parker Illinois Tool Works 52
2 Karl West Cleveland Clinic 39
3 Louis W. Hruska Duracell 16
#4 Brian S. Perala Anatomical Concepts 15
#5 Santosh K. Yadav Drexel University 11
#6 David P. Passerell Perfection Holdings 10
#6 Graham M. Fee Chemetron-Railway Products 10
#8 James Otter Carrier 8
#9 Daniel Bess Vaproshield 7
#9 Peter Laing Parker-Hannifin 7
#9 DuWayne D. Mulhall Rockwell Automation 7
#12 Louis G. DeJesus Third Dimension 4
#12 Dana L. Daughters 4
#12 Ronald W. Clutter Caterpillar 4
#15 Phillip M. Schmidt Unknown 3
#15 David L. Dorsey 3
#15 Kenneth P. Schmidt 3
#18 Allen J. Virant Plasticolor 2
#18 Stanley S. Kozub 2
#18 Selby M. Brannon Plasticolor 2
#18 Paul A. Knauff 2
#18 James E. Rauckhorst Acme-Cleveland 2
#18 Marino Curati, Jr. True Temper 2
#18 Joseph A. Thomason 2
#18 Michael Laurello 2
#18 Robert L. Wilhelm Eltech Systems 2
#18 Donald Leroy McDowell W.P. Hickman Systems 2
#18 Gerald L. Greenman Kennametal 2
#29 Mark Hegedus Spring Meadow Nursery 1
#29 Maryann Retalick 1
#29 Michelle L. Fioritto American Consumer Products 1
#29 Angela Kendall 1
#29 James G. Loveland 1
#29 James A. Ashe 1
#29 Nicholas R. Moretti Unknown 1
#29 Peter Girard 1
#29 Ernest Pasqualone Molded Fiber Glass Companies 1
#29 Randall P. Serpico Whitey 1
#29 James R. Frenelle The Controls Group 1
#29 Timothy H. Slocum 1
#29 Paul Charles Hanslik 1
#29 Joshua A. Esack Lincoln Global 1
#29 Kenneth Cifra Unknown 1
#29 Wayne J. Cline GE 1
#29 Joseph C. Passerell Bradford White 1
#29 Dick Rauth 1
#29 Lonnie Riffle Unknown 1
#29 Louis De Jesus Third Dimension 1
#29 William D. Risher 3M 1
#29 Daniel Smartt J.E.T. Co. 1

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