Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Georgetown, KY ranks #2,025 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,586 patents from 281 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Georgetown, KY include IBM, Lexmark International, Ashland. That works out to 42.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 281 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James P. Galvin, JR. IBM 113
2 Randal Scott Williamson Lexmark International 72
3 Randall David Mayo Lexmark International 50
#4 Daniel L. Carter Lexmark International 48
#5 Frances E. Lockwood Ashland 40
#6 Michael W. Miller Cpg Technologies 38
#7 Eng Hun Ooi Intel 36
#8 Robert D. Washburn Hughes Aircraft 29
#9 Gary Neal Hackney Lexmark International 28
#10 Johnnie Coffey Lexmark International 27
#11 Paul A. Hedrick General Cable Industries 24
#11 James Douglas Gilmore Lexmark International 24
#13 Larry K. Rogers Hutchinson 23
#14 Christopher Dane Jones Lexmark International 22
#14 David Erwin Rennick Lexmark International 22
#16 Bruce A. Deboard Funai Electric Co. 21
#17 Jeremy Keith Payne Lexmark International 20
#17 Peter Shelley Mills Minova International Limited 20
#19 Richard Lee Reel Lexmark International 19
#20 James Paul Drummond Lexmark International 18
#21 Jeffrey Alan Abler Lexmark International 17
#22 Yueh Ching Chung 16
#22 Kent Lee Ubellacker Lexmark International 16
#24 Calvin Dale Murphy Lexmark International 15
#24 Julie Ann Gordon Whitney Lexmark International 15
#24 Joshua Carl Poterjoy Lexmark International 15
#24 Colin Maher Lexmark International 15
#24 Gina Marie Johns Lexmark International 15
#29 Paul Andrew Kinzer E.D. Bullard 14
#30 David Wayne Glass IBM 13
#30 Jenny Sauer Cutshaw The Procter & Gamble 13
#32 Louann Behymer Samuels Lexmark International 12
#32 Paul R. Swiderski Emerson Electric 12
#32 Kevin Matthew Johnson Lexmark International 12
#32 Mary Jane Cardosa The Board Of The Rubber Research Institute Of Malaysia 12
#32 John P. Kitchen Hoover Universal 12
#37 Curtis Duane Woodson Lexmark International 11
#37 Jeffrey Alan Cole Open Text 11
#37 Christopher D. Price IBM 11
#40 Denver Humphrey Tdk 10
#40 Lloyd R. Holland Toyota 10
#40 Albert Kordesch United Microelectronics 10
#40 Dana Carmel Hammell Alltranz 10
#40 Christopher Wilson Case Lexmark International 10
#40 Kelsi Strawzell Ward Lexmark International 10
#40 Alex Nance The University Of Newcastle 10
#47 Delbert Lester Elliott Lexmark International 9
#47 Jon Whitney Lexmark International 9
#47 Bryan Thomas Marcum Wirepath Home Systems 9
#47 John F. Bauer Abbott 9

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