Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greenfield, IN ranks #3,436 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 866 patents from 197 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greenfield, IN include Dow Agrosciences, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Eli Lilly. That works out to 36.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 197 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas C. Sparks Dow Agrosciences 55
2 Billy Wesley Beyers, Jr. Thomson Consumer Electronics 39
3 David E. Lawhorn Eli Lilly 28
#4 Stephen M. Jones Pacesetter 21
#4 Brent J. Rieder Dow Agrosciences 21
#6 Jeffrey M. Woodall Hillenbrand Management Company 20
#7 Donald E. Williams, III Dow Agrosciences 18
#7 David B. Flora Eli Lilly 18
#9 Jeffrey P. Wagner Sentry Protection 17
#9 Cameron West Magarl 17
#9 Kenneth E. Heath 17
#12 Robert G. Suhr Dowelanco 15
#13 George O. P. O'Doherty Eli Lilly 14
#13 Ronald E. Hackler Dowelanco 14
#13 Gary A. Vandenbark Shadiant 14
#16 John B. Wagner Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership 13
#16 William D. Barritt Maytag 13
#16 Richard Duane Johnston Eli Lilly 13
#16 George W. Carter Abbott 13
#20 Gregory W. Massey Jds Uniphase 12
#20 Matthew J. Masters Sprint Communications 12
#22 Riaz F. Abdulla Eli Lilly 11
#23 Timothy Andrew Woods Eli Lilly 10
#23 William Hunter White Eli Lilly 10
#25 Dennis M. DeCapua Stant Manufacturing 9
#25 Michael P Lynch Eli Lilly 9
#25 Earl E. Ose Eli Lilly 9
#25 Edward L. Veenhuizen Eli Lilly 9
#25 Mary Jeanne Kallman Eli Lilly 9
#30 Paul Wyatt Fluidigm 8
#30 Robert J. O'Connor AT&T 8
#30 Jean Marie Defauw Eli Lilly 8
#30 Michael L. Prunier G.D. Searle 8
#34 Matthew A. Phillips Schlage Lock Company 7
#34 Larry George Household Manufacturing 7
#36 Dennis Lee Orndorff Trilithic 6
#36 Michael E. Kirk Borgwarner 6
#36 Rosamund Carol Smith Eli Lilly 6
#36 Gary R. Valler General Motors 6
#36 Thomas H. Ferguson Eli Lilly 6
#36 Margaret S. Kempe Dow Agrosciences 6
#36 Jingdan Hu Elanco Us 6
#43 Thomas Amonette United States Postal Service 5
#43 Rudolph J. Boisvenue Eli Lilly 5
#43 Christopher Rood Shem 5
#43 Stephen A. Streib RTX (Raytheon) 5
#43 James Paul Hoff Allison Engine Company 5
#43 Carl Cordy Ford 5
#43 Kyle J. Lawrence Dorel Home Furnishings 5
#43 Adam Burke Modernfold 5

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