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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Marion, OH ranks #5,547 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 464 patents from 122 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Marion, OH include Whiteside Mfg., Baxter International, IBM. That works out to 12.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 122 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kirt E. Whiteside Whiteside Mfg. 62
2 Larry A. Rosenbaum Baxter International 34
3 Robert R. Williams IBM 32
#4 Kristin C. Mays Whiteside Mfg. 17
#5 Robert A. Dubois 15
#6 Robert E. Berry 13
#7 Thomas H. Dalrymple Trinity Industrial 11
#8 George Smith Greif Bros. 10
#8 Curtis J. Bond Liqui-Box 10
#10 Lee Lemke Huntington Bancshares Incorporated 8
#10 James A. Ehret Dresser Industries 8
#12 George A. Kruder Hpm 7
#12 George B. Baron Dresser Industries 7
#12 Robert Bergmann Infineon Technologies Ag 7
#12 Steven J. Conway Nucor 7
#16 Ronald E. Abbott Unknown 6
#16 Richard C. Layne Impra, Inc., 6
#16 Jeanine Tarantino Ivan Mudd 6
#16 Timothy Lynn Cooper Caterpillar 6
#16 Joseph L. Huffman Harnischfeger 6
#16 Jay Tarantino Ivan Mudd 6
#16 Jeffrey David Houser 6
#23 Allan E. Geyer Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 5
#23 Charles Kellogg Overhead Door 5
#23 George J. Thompson Dresser Industries 5
#23 Alfred T. Dietrich Overhead Door 5
#27 Michael Palm Dresser Industries 4
#27 David Gross Hadasit Medical Research Services And Development 4
#27 Lee M. Sisler Lms Co. 4
#27 Edwin W. Sankey Dresser Industries 4
#27 Virginia Nivar Enzo Biochem 4
#27 Gregory A. Bame Nachurs Alpine Solutions 4
#33 Dev R. Malik Dresser Industries 3
#33 Ruben Trono Cormetrics 3
#33 John Abbott Houser 3
#33 Philip A. Molloy Whirlpool 3
#33 Carl R. Offutt Whirlpool 3
#33 Gustavo Jose Camargo-Parodi The Procter & Gamble 3
#33 John J. Retterer 3
#33 Thomas Porter Server Products 3
#33 Alan Clifford Principle Business Enterprises 3
#42 William T. Flickinger Hpm 2
#42 Vance D. Dutton Dresser Industries 2
#42 Randy J. Engstrom Union Carbide 2
#42 Steven W. Mattix 2
#42 William J. Wessner, Jr. 2
#42 David A. Hollenbach 2
#42 Thomas W. Rambin 2
#42 Michael Elwer Sycon 2
#42 Thomas S. Merron Dresser Industries 2

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