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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greenville, OH ranks #2,763 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,109 patents from 203 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greenville, OH include Cardiac Pacemakers, Crown Equipment, American Sterilizer. That works out to 86.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 203 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph M. Pastore Cardiac Pacemakers 94
2 Michael P. Gallagher Crown Equipment 57
3 Phillip P. Franciskovich American Sterilizer 48
#4 Peter A. Burke American Sterilizer 44
#5 William D. Abraham The Lubrizol 43
#6 Kenneth L. Hardee Eltech Systems 35
#7 Thaddeus J. Mielnik American Sterilizer 33
#8 David K. Platner Arvinmeritor Technology 29
#9 Robert J. Weaver Lincoln Global 23
#10 Brent R. Dohner The Lubrizol 21
#10 Robert Johnston W.C. Bradley 21
#12 Richard C. Hathaway Cri Co. 18
#12 Tomislav J. Stimac GE 18
#14 Steven M. Galecki Checkpoint Surgical 17
#15 Peter Peckham Gould Electronics 16
#16 Bai-Ping Ying Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 15
#16 Arthur D. Smith Midmark 15
#18 Keith Clark Lincoln Global 13
#19 William C. Jones, Jr. Crown Equipment 12
#19 Jason Warner Mckesson 12
#21 Clyde H. Boyer Signcomp 11
#21 Douglas B Sumerauer Rockwell Automation 11
#21 David Hasak Swagelok 11
#24 Daniel L. Steele The Scott Fetzer 10
#24 Saurabh S. Lawate The Lubrizol 10
#24 Gerald D. Murray Kennametal 10
#24 Jeffrey R. Parker Lumitex 10
#28 James C. Klingenberg Jergens 9
#28 Daryl D. Cerny Ball 9
#28 Edward W. Lintala Ranpak 9
#28 Leslie Steele Goodrich 9
#28 Scott Parkhill Ballard Power Systems 9
#33 Remi Swierczek 3M 8
#33 George H. Bowser Ppg Industries 8
#33 Scott L. Strait Midmark 8
#33 Edward Bastijanic The Babcock & Wilcox 8
#33 Jonathan Sterling Ogborn Lincoln Global 8
#38 Richard L. Romine Oxytech Systems 7
#38 Richard E. Strawser US Air Force 7
#38 Barry L. Martin Eltech Systems 7
#38 Frank Edward Staigl, III Regal Beloit America 7
#42 Hongqiao Wu Research Development Foundation 6
#42 Daniel R. Fox Evenflo Company 6
#42 James P. Lorence Avery Dennison 6
#42 Christopher Meier Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel 6
#42 James R. Mismas Lubriquip 6
#42 David Noonan 6
#42 Timothy L. Bright Electra Form 6
#42 James L. May Federal-Mogul Worldwide 6
#42 Donald R. Klein Cri Co. 6

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