Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Middletown, OH ranks #2,316 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,353 patents from 257 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Middletown, OH include Micron, Deceuninck North America, GE. That works out to 26.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 257 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric R. Fossum Micron 190
2 Michael T. Chaney Deceuninck North America 86
3 Herbert Chidsey Roberts GE 68
#4 Donald L. Parker General Motors 56
#5 Renae Dianna Fossum The Procter & Gamble 44
#6 Jane Ann Murphy GE 31
#7 Susan Nicole Lloyd The Procter & Gamble 26
#8 David E. Chupka Black Clawson Company 25
#9 Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Jr. The Procter & Gamble 20
#9 Brent E. Goodwin Monarch Marking Systems 20
#11 Brent Goodwin Hill-Rom Services 19
#12 Donald K. Jessie, Jr. Huffy 18
#13 Delmar R. Muckenfuhs The Procter & Gamble 17
#14 J. George Lepisto Champion International Corporation Limited 16
#15 James Fisher Seagate Technology 14
#15 Christoph L. Gillum Cilag Gmbh International 14
#17 Robert E. Stahley The Procter & Gamble 13
#17 Deron C. Littlejohn General Motors 13
#17 George F. Beekman Morton International 13
#20 Scott Edward Osborne The Procter & Gamble 12
#20 Frederick Alan Myers NVIDIA 12
#22 Joel Francis Kirk GE 11
#22 James L. Capo International Paper 11
#24 Richard A. Coleman NVIDIA 10
#24 S. Eugene Benge Monarch Marking Systems 10
#24 Douglas E. Wysong Finn 10
#24 Alan F. Gibson NVIDIA 10
#28 Robert Fairchild Huhtamaki 9
#28 Brett Oakley Unknown 9
#28 Dallas E. Myers Feather Lite Innovations 9
#28 Karl T. Bagdal NVIDIA 9
#28 Robert R. Crawford Comcast 9
#28 Ronald J. Sears Lincoln Global 9
#34 Daniel J. Cadotte Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties 8
#34 Jeffrey S. Borke Equistar Chemicals, Lp 8
#34 James Shade Contech Construction Products 8
#34 Jim A. McCurdy Guardian Technologies 8
#38 John Grant Makita U.S.A. 7
#38 Peter Graves Ayers The Procter & Gamble 7
#38 John Grass Network Equipment Technologies 7
#38 Jeffrey Lawrence Flora The Procter & Gamble 7
#38 Robert Nerenberg Northwestern University 7
#38 Glen D. Russell The Procter & Gamble 7
#44 Steven L. Boston NVIDIA 6
#44 Keith David Fanta The Procter & Gamble 6
#44 Charles J. Haas Shopsmith 6
#44 Larry E. Parrella NVIDIA 6
#44 Timothy R. Roberts NVIDIA 6
#44 Christopher M. Vitori Black Clawson Company 6
#50 Gary S. Williamson Black Clawson Company 5

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