Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Morgantown, WV ranks #1,626 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,049 patents from 509 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Morgantown, WV include Cpg Technologies, Cleveland Clinic, Xerox. That works out to 67.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 509 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James F. Corum Cpg Technologies 106
2 Ali R. Rezai Cleveland Clinic 70
3 Meng Yao Xerox 56
#4 Alfred H. Stiller West Virginia University 49
#5 Stanislaw Majewski Jefferson Science Associates 42
#6 Robert D. Santrock Treace Medical Concepts 41
#7 Jianli Hu Battelle Memorial Institute 34
#8 Ranjani V. Siriwardane U.S. Department Of Energy 29
#9 William T. McClellan Zone 2 Surgical 27
#9 Craig Nelson Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Ii 27
#9 Gary Jay Morris Google 27
#12 Steven White Tormem 26
#12 Otto A. Schmid Uhnder 26
#12 David A. Berry U.S. Department Of Energy 26
#15 Lakshmikumar Pillai Vascular Access Technologies 23
#16 Troy Schifano Omnia Medical 22
#16 Boyong Li Andrx Pharmaceuticals 22
#18 Mark W. Smith Delphi Technologies 19
#19 Yi WANG Western Digital (Fremont) 18
#20 George E. Fasching US Dept of Energy 17
#21 Dushyant Shekhawat U.S. Department Of Energy 16
#22 John L. Loth West Virginia University 15
#22 Robert B. Green Bayer Healthcare 15
#24 Franz A. Pertl West Virginia University 14
#25 Devin Richard Jensen Aurora Flight Sciences 12
#25 Knox Van Dyke Cancer Biologics Of America 12
#25 Darran R. Cairns 3M 12
#28 Xingbo Liu West Virginia University 11
#28 Elliot B. Kennel US Air Force 11
#28 Liang Ma Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co. 11
#31 George Blaha Ford 10
#31 Roy S. Nutter, Jr. West Virginia University 10
#31 Ralph Mason Ennis Eaton 10
#31 Brandon Charles Kirby Gilbarco 10
#31 Brandon Michael Kelly Titan Medical 10
#31 Michael McCawley Respiratory Management Technology 10
#31 Cheryl D. Blume Somerset Pharmaceuticals 10
#31 Raymond R. Raylman University of Michigan 10
#31 Cleveland J. Biller USDA 10
#40 Robert P. M. Craven West Virginia University 9
#40 John Wilson Wilson Manufacturing 9
#40 Kurt L. Van Voorhies Automotive Systems Laboratory 9
#40 Steven D. Woodruff U.S. Department Of Energy 9
#40 Veeru Talreja Velocityehs Holdings 9
#40 P. Morgan Pattison Japan Science And Technology Agency 9
#40 Donald L. DeVall 9
#47 David Hopkinson U.S. Department Of Energy 8
#47 Matthew Jacob Powell Protea Biosciences 8
#47 Jeffrey P. Smith Mylan 8
#47 Peter G. Stansberry West Virginia University 8

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