Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kent, OH ranks #1,449 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,324 patents from 318 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kent, OH include The Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Lisco, H & M Innovations. That works out to 82.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 318 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul Bryan Maxwell The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 273
2 Max Harold Dixon The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 167
3 Paul K. Meeker Lisco 87
#4 Michael Starkey H & M Innovations 68
#5 William R. Gibson Lisco 62
#6 Keith A. Dumigan Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 57
#7 Timothy J. Lassan Bridgestone Firestone 51
#8 Robert Allen Losey The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 47
#9 Dale R. Adams Silicon Image 44
#10 James Church Diebold 43
#11 David E. Thomas Chrysler Group 42
#12 Thomas S. Green AMD 37
#13 Aaron Scott Puhala The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 35
#14 John Joseph Andre Verthe The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 33
#15 Benjamin C. Galizio Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 31
#15 Oleg D. Lavrentovich Kent State University 31
#15 Richard G. Bauer The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 31
#18 William E. Bartasevich Gojo Industries 28
#19 Asad A. Khan Kent Displays 27
#20 Roy L. Orndorff, Jr. 26
#21 Joseph W. Shannon Abc/Sebrn Techcorp. 24
#22 Robert E. Hall Great Plains Industries 23
#22 J. William Doane Kent Displays 23
#24 Erica Montbach Kent Displays 22
#25 Xiao-Yang Huang Kent Displays 21
#26 Kenneth R. Butcher Norton 19
#26 Fletcher Liverance HP 19
#28 Michael Eric Liedtke Fasteners For Retail 18
#28 Joel Muse, Jr. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 18
#30 Jason Brian Bogovich Allstate Insurance 17
#31 Antal Jakli Kent State University 16
#31 Robert A. Ciccarelli, Jr. Ametek 16
#31 Joel Hughes Container Products 16
#31 Ludmila Sukhomlinova Alphamicron Incorporated 16
#35 Dennis W. Krupa The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire 15
#36 Clinton Braganza Kent Displays 14
#36 Peter Palffy-Muhoray Kent State University 14
#36 George P. Patitsas The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 14
#39 David S. Cobbledick Gencorp 13
#40 Torsten Hegmann Kent State University 12
#40 Hao Yu Meta 12
#42 Cheryl Ann Losey The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 11
#42 Joseph Angelo Swift Navigation 11
#44 Bao-Gang Wu Advanced Display Systems 10
#44 Michael Coles Ametek 10
#44 David R. Stewart Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 10
#44 Kirk C. Palmerton Lifeline Scientific 10
#44 Margaret M. Flook The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 10
#44 Hunter Morris Kent Displays 10
#44 Joseph W. Doane Kent State University 10

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