Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, KY ranks #5,711 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 447 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, KY include General Cable Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Ancra International. That works out to 15.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott M. Brown General Cable Technologies 36
2 Kevin D. Sackett Johnson & Johnson 32
3 Howard T. Knox Ancra International 26
3 Gary S. Bass Campbell Hausfeld / Scott Fetzer 26
#5 Jonathan Livingston Joyce The Procter & Gamble 24
#6 Fred Taylor Gulfstream Aerospace 17
#7 Cheyne Thomas The Procter & Gamble 16
#8 John Matthew Powers GE 14
#9 Stanley Michael Roberts Chiroscience 11
#10 Randall Lake Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co. 10
#10 Matthew R. Lukes R.A Jones & 10
#10 Gabriela Valerio Gonzalez The Procter & Gamble 10
#13 Douglas John Whittle The Procter & Gamble 9
#13 Asef Baddar Panduit 9
#13 Howard Feldman International Mobile Satellite Organization 9
#16 Jason McDaniel Masco Corporation Of Indiana 8
#17 Jeffrey Poston Ght Global Heating Technologies Ag 7
#17 Lowell Larson Ticona 7
#17 Hyeob Kim Lexmark International 7
#17 Jerome T. Jones Ancra International 7
#21 Craig Allen Powell The Procter & Gamble 6
#21 Uriah M. Liggett Group14 Technologies 6
#21 Olivier Perichon Robert Bosch Automotive Steering 6
#21 Michael Fox Allot Communications 6
#25 Thomas John Tekulve The Procter & Gamble 5
#25 Lowell Larson 5
#25 Dannette ReNee Adams The Procter & Gamble 5
#25 Kenneth W. Edwards 5
#25 Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II The Procter & Gamble 5
#30 Paul Freer Cameron Health 4
#30 Phillip R. Merrifield Cleveland Track Material 4
#30 David H. Skea 4
#30 H. Thomas Knox Ancra International 4
#30 Roy C. Haught Government Of The United States As Represented By The Administrator Of The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4
#30 John Duncan 4
#30 Jeffrey Alan Work The Procter & Gamble 4
#30 Wayne M. Ginn Hasbro 4
#30 Matthew James Rommel Ancra International 4
#39 Michael R. Bennett 3M 3
#39 Steven Myers The Western States Machine 3
#39 Drew Edward Miller 3
#39 Austin Horn Haier Us Appliance Solutions 3
#39 Gregory G. O'Neil Apex Technologies 3
#39 Ilija Rokvic 3
#45 Nathan Edward Crosby Lexmark International 2
#45 George Frankl Delphi Technologies 2
#45 Robert B. Frey US Army 2
#45 Billy C. Shehan 2
#45 Joseph J. Destefano Bbn 2
#45 Uriah M. Ligget Group14 Technologies 2

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