Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kettering, OH ranks #1,840 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,789 patents from 471 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kettering, OH include International Truck And Engine Corporation Canada, Eastman Kodak, Iap Research. That works out to 30.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 471 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David J. Beigel International Truck And Engine Corporation Canada 82
1 James A. Katerberg Eastman Kodak 82
3 John P. Barber Iap Research 39
#4 Nigel G. Mills Premark Feg L.L.C. 29
#5 Saiman Lun Delphi Technologies 24
#6 Christopher E. Tabor US Air Force 21
#7 Roy A. McCann Itt Automotive Electrical Systems 20
#7 David A. Huliba Eastman Kodak 20
#9 Darrel D. Donaldson Digital Equipment 19
#9 Mark E. Keeton Ncr 19
#9 Alvin C. Banner Globe Protect 19
#12 Shashi G. Talvalkar Ncr 17
#12 Joseph V. Tassone Dayco Products 17
#12 John R. Savage Itt Automotive Electrical Systems 17
#15 David E. Washburn Standard Register 16
#15 Gregory Smith Bea Systems 16
#15 Tony K. Quach US Air Force 16
#18 David Dreyfuss Lexmark International 15
#18 Lyle A. James Dimex 15
#20 Holger J. Koenigsmann Praxair S.T. Technology 14
#20 Melissa M. Hohler Henny Penny 14
#22 Tad Machrowicz Noble Advanced Technologies 13
#22 Thomas Fink Comet Ag 13
#22 James S. Sewell US Air Force 13
#25 S. Robert Kovac Ams Research 12
#25 William R. Stager Cilag Gmbh International 12
#25 James T. Williamson Newsonic Technologies 12
#25 John A. Brown Kepner Plastics Fabricators 12
#29 James D. Wolf Eastman Kodak 11
#29 Richard N. Lehnhoff General Motors 11
#29 Mark D. Sobottke Spectra-Physics Laserplane 11
#29 Jeffery G. Martin The Little Tikes 11
#29 Roger J. Becker US Air Force 11
#29 Egbert deVries Quad Environmental Technologies 11
#29 J. Michael Tims 11
#36 Andrew Wells Phelps University Of Dayton 10
#36 Dan Edward Mueller 10
#36 Joseph A. Zahora Dayton-Phoenix Group 10
#36 Michael W. Hurtt Beijing West Industries Co. 10
#36 Randy L. Blankley, Jr. Illinois Tool Works 10
#36 James A. Frey The Siemon 10
#36 Joseph P. Mangan Eastman Kodak 10
#36 David M. Gunter Huffy 10
#44 Mark P. Anstadt Lifebridge Technologies 9
#44 John R. Smith Titan Company Limited 9
#44 Robert C. Schenck The Duriron Company 9
#44 Lawrence W. Arway Standard Register 9
#48 Stephen J. Vesper Henkel Limited 8
#48 Charles Yagher, Jr. Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated 8
#48 Joseph J. Grass Monarch Marking Systems 8

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