Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lafayette, IN ranks #996 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,404 patents from 808 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lafayette, IN include Illinois Tool Works, Cook Biotech Incorporated, Renal Solutions. That works out to 48.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 808 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James R. Johnson Illinois Tool Works 101
2 Michael C. Hiles Cook Biotech Incorporated 68
3 Stephen R. Ash Renal Solutions 62
#4 David Gross AT&T 56
#5 John T. Voisine Landis+Gyr Ag 46
#6 Alan R. Leewood Cook Medical Technologies 40
#7 Kenneth H. Sandhage Ohio State University 39
#8 Xuan Li Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 36
#9 Min Wu Wuyi University 35
#10 Rusi P. Taleyarkhan Westinghouse Electric 34
#11 Urs Welz-Biermann Merck 30
#11 Andrzej Wylezinski Wabash National 30
#13 Mark Lundstrom Bioscale 29
#13 Leonard W. Baker Wabash National 29
#13 Perry D. Converse Caterpillar 29
#16 Travis L. Houston Global Blood Therapeutics 26
#17 John Blichmann Caterpillar 25
#17 David D. Nolte Purdue Research Foundation 25
#19 William Hillery Nokia Technologies Oy 24
#20 Wenting Wu Ambilight 23
#20 Saira Samar Malik Micron 23
#22 Livia Schiavinato Eberlin Purdue Research Foundation 22
#23 Jiann-Yang Hwang Michigan Technological University 21
#23 Mukerrem Cakmak The University Of Akron 21
#25 Michael R. DuHack Emerson Electric 20
#25 Jeffrey L. Beaver Crotty 20
#27 Andrew Kovacs Nucurrent 19
#27 Mark Roush Vanguard National Trailer 19
#29 Alan Keith Jarmusch Purdue Research Foundation 18
#29 Jack Williams Purdue Research Foundation 18
#29 James D. Purdy Cook Medical Technologies 18
#32 Sarah Robbins Muffin Incorporated 17
#32 William J. Chappell Purdue Research Foundation 17
#32 Bernard Y. Tao Purdue Research Foundation 17
#32 Javier Gonzalez Agouron Pharmaceuticals 17
#32 Michael E. Leckrone Medtronic 17
#32 Anthony W. Dallmier Nalco Chemical 17
#38 Suresh V. Garimella Purdue Research Foundation 16
#38 Bruce F. Griffing GE 16
#38 John McNeill McGill Eli Lilly 16
#38 Brandon Joshua Ezra Unknown 16
#42 Scott A. Storz Wabash National 15
#42 Brandyn A. Stack Caterpillar 15
#44 James Mitchell Wells Griffin Analytical Technologies, L.L.C. 14
#44 Jim L. Rau Trw Limited 14
#44 Kevin Wilger Cook Medical Technologies 14
#44 Frederick D. Venable Trw Limited 14
#44 William J. Bolander Saturn 14
#44 Michael L. Thoma Wabash National 14
#44 Mark Gregory Griffin Analytical Technologies, L.L.C. 14

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