Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Linglestown, PA ranks #8,066 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 273 patents from 64 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Linglestown, PA include Arkema, Qualcomm, Andrx Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 41.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 64 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory S. O'Brien Arkema 35
2 Michael J. McGowan Qualcomm 27
3 Leonard H. Palys Arkema 24
3 Joseph Chou Andrx Pharmaceuticals 24
#5 Walter H. Peters Rex Medical 15
#6 Ram K. Gupta Cray Research 14
#7 James T. Ahlborn Dell Products 12
#8 James Herbert Altek L.L.C. 9
#9 Winfield W. Loose Amp 8
#10 Paul Roach Oath 7
#11 Charles Joseph Mahon Engineering Fitness International 6
#12 James E. Truelove G.D. Searle 5
#12 Vikram Anand Oracle 5
#14 Glenn Curtiss McMillen Barclays Bank Plc 4
#14 Brewster T. Hudson 3Com 4
#16 Christopher John Harrer Unisys 3
#16 Peter G. Nush Aol 3
#16 Edwin H. Niemann Arco Chemical 3
#16 Pitchaiah Soma Trueposition 3
#16 Louis C. Woyce, Jr. Westvaco 3
#16 William D. Chatfield 3
#16 Govind K. Menon Smithkline Beckman 3
#23 Frank Eliot Fish 2
#23 Sonya McLaughlin 2
#23 Robert W. Hankes Crane & Co. 2
#23 William Lawrie Imagine Communications 2
#23 Duncan Andrew McArdle Faro Technologies 2
#23 Jack C. Henry 2
#23 Daniel A. Morris Perimeter Technologies 2
#23 Peter J. McKee 2
#23 Heinrich S. Erhardt Cfmt 2
#23 John Manthorp Synthes Usa 2
#23 Mark Vincent GRASSANO 2
#34 David L. Dymek 1
#34 Bangalore P. Mallikarjuna GE 1
#34 Kirk W. Finnis Medtronic 1
#34 Ramesh Babu Kothamasu IBM 1
#34 Sharon Smith Merck 1
#34 Marina L. Morys Halliburton Energy Services 1
#34 Mark Christopher Kenney Allscripts Software 1
#34 Thanu Anidhran Argon Medical Devices 1
#34 Thang Ngoc Mai Dell Products 1
#34 Anthony V. Ruggeiro Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited 1
#34 Stephen Pretti Oracle 1
#34 Charles Josephn Mahon Total Gym Global 1
#34 Leslie B. Nye GE 1
#34 Michael Santilli Sap Ag 1
#34 Dave Ruble 1
#34 Jeffrey Weyant A.P. Green Industries 1
#34 Christopher Whiteman 1

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