Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Homer, NY ranks #11,665 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 158 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Homer, NY include Hand Held Products, Danaher, The Boeing. That works out to 49.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Melvin D. McCall Hand Held Products 39
2 Donald H. White, Jr. Danaher 24
3 Bruce A. Wilson The Boeing 9
#4 Bradley F. Adams Borgwarner 7
#5 Angela M. Griffin Danaher 6
#5 Frank Girardi 6
#5 Thomas Welch, Jr. Danaher 6
#8 Xinzhu Gu University Of Pittsburgh 5
#9 Mark E. Michaels Borgwarner 4
#9 Brad Adams Borgwarner 4
#9 Eric Simonson Danaher 4
#9 Donald T. Adams Smith Corona 4
#13 Dana E. Gingrich Danaher 3
#13 David New Carrier 3
#13 William E. Cleveland Welch Allyn 3
#13 James Hayes Evident Technologies 3
#13 Rudolph G. Kobelia General Motors 3
#18 Edward M. Musto Danaher 2
#18 Adam Clifford Ocean Tomo 2
#18 Riazuddin S. Rahimi Danaher 2
#18 Stephen E. McMahon Sensis 2
#18 Robert John Catterfeld Illumination Technologies 2
#23 Dale L. Strauf Cramer Products 1
#23 Christiaan Blaakman Marietta 1
#23 Dorina Johnson 1
#23 Raymond D. Shattuck 1
#23 Barry C. Reiner Scm Consultants 1
#23 Bruce H. Zimmerman Bmc Industries 1
#23 Christiaam A. Blaakman Marietta 1
#23 Barton A. Gravatt Danaher 1
#23 Joseph P. Battista Smith Corona 1
#23 Joanne Siciliano-Jones Agway 1
#23 Eric J. Cleveland 1
#23 Kenneth G. Meades 1
#23 James L. Canale Welch Allyn 1
#23 Chris A. Dewey Scm Consultants 1
#23 Douglas E. Cote High Connection Density 1

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