Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Newburgh, IN ranks #2,516 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,233 patents from 240 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Newburgh, IN include Whirlpool, Berry Plastics, Thermwood. That works out to 368.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 240 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Duane A. Schmidt Whirlpool 57
2 Robert L. Wetekamp Whirlpool 53
3 Philip A. Driskill Berry Plastics 49
#4 Milan C. Maravich Berry Plastics 42
#4 Brian S. Smiddy Thermwood 42
#6 Joseph P. Yevich Bristol-Myers Squibb 40
#7 Jason J. Paladino Berry Plastics 33
#8 Daniel C. Conrad Whirlpool 30
#9 Patrick E. McCallister Abbott 27
#10 Christopher A. Kruckenberg Whirlpool 25
#11 Keith A. Snyder IBM 24
#12 James R. Allshouse Indian Industries 23
#13 Viswanathan Kalyanaraman Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 22
#14 Christopher R. Miller Emerson Electric 20
#15 Nicolas Vote Thermwood 19
#15 Justin E. Bennett Crown Equipment 19
#17 Robin P. Wiggins Mead Johnson Nutrition 17
#18 Jeroen Visjager Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 16
#19 Mark K. Branson Rexam Closures And Containers 15
#20 Sarah Flamion Salesforce 14
#20 Thomas C. Horton Mead Johnson Nutrition 14
#20 Tianhua Ding Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 14
#23 Jamsheed Reshad AMD 13
#24 Adel F. Bastawros Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 12
#24 Robert E. Porter Whirlpool 12
#24 Clayton L. Robinson Rexam Medical Packaging 12
#24 William J. Shankland Rexam Closures And Containers 12
#28 W. Michael Russell North Carolina State University 11
#28 Nagendra Rangavajla Mead Johnson Nutrition 11
#28 Parfait Jean Marie Likibi Silberline Manufacturing Co. 11
#31 Gyan P. Rai Mead Johnson Nutrition 10
#32 Marc A. Briere Rexam Plastics 9
#32 Yimin Jin GE 9
#32 Hagins Fugate The Dial 9
#35 Robert F. Corcoran, Jr. Saint-Gobain Abrasives 8
#35 Lewin Edwards Honeywell 8
#35 Chenzhong Kuang Mead Johnson Nutrition 8
#35 Elizabeth M. Barrett S. C. Johnson & Son 8
#35 Steven Tolliver Whirlpool 8
#35 Rodney W. Fonseca Sabic Innovative Plastics B.V. 8
#41 Keith E. Cox GE 7
#41 Stephen A. Buzza Building Materials Investment 7
#41 Yuanqing He Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 7
#41 Ericus Andreas van Kleef 7
#41 Thomas Glenn Merrill Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 7
#41 Mark John Buettner 7
#41 Brett Kaufman Berry Plastics 7
#41 Daniel Davidson Precor Incorporated 7
#41 Cathy O. Smay Bristol-Myers Squibb 7
#50 Berhanu Allo Whirlpool 6

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