Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nicholasville, KY ranks #3,688 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 796 patents from 149 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nicholasville, KY include Lexmark International, Cm Tech Co., Omega Ophthalmics. That works out to 25.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 149 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Craig Leemhuis Lexmark International 70
2 J. Clayton Miller Cm Tech Co. 47
3 Gary N. Wortz Omega Ophthalmics 42
#4 Richard P. Burlingame Dyadic International (Usa) 24
#5 James Ronald Booth Lexmark International 23
#5 Mark T. Nielsen U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company 23
#7 Wilbur Carl Bewley, JR. Haier Us Appliance Solutions 22
#7 Robert P. Farinelli Elan Home Systems, L.L.C. 22
#9 Marshall D. Graham Coulter Electronics 20
#10 Franklin Joseph Palumbo Lexmark International 19
#11 Boyd E. Haley University Of Kentucky 17
#11 Jay Scott Siekmann Lexmark International 17
#13 Erin Marsee Mcneil-Ppc 15
#14 Craig A. Jackson General Motors 12
#15 Victor M. Simi Osram Sylvania 11
#16 Clark C. Simpson Clark Material Handling 10
#16 Harry C. Miller Sargent & Greenleaf 10
#16 Robert Leonard Burdick Lexmark International 10
#19 David Mullins Disney 9
#19 James P. Peppard Automated Packaging Systems 9
#19 John Edward Borsuk Lexmark International 9
#19 Stephen M. Lipka University Of Kentucky 9
#19 Daniel George Mlejnek Lexmark International 9
#19 Nathaniel Mitchell Basf Se 9
#19 Scott Beatty Sargent & Greenleaf 9
#26 Tim Stombaugh Cnh Industrial America 8
#26 Jeffrey Ramesh Urs IBM 8
#26 Robert Paterson Lexmark International 8
#29 Joseph Wyse Aronex Pharmaceuticals 7
#29 James C. Miller Cm Tech Co. 7
#29 John R. Fowler Lexmark International 7
#29 Gerald L. Cox Unknown 7
#33 Christopher Scheib 6
#33 William Barton Lexmark International 6
#33 Jack William Morris Lexmark International 6
#33 Greg A. Gerhardt University Of Kentucky 6
#33 Ann Trebolo Lexmark International 6
#38 Bert C. Lynn University Of Kentucky 5
#38 Karen Elaine Ballman Lexmark International 5
#38 Gregory C. Lainhart Sargent & Greenleaf 5
#38 John Howard Barker IBM 5
#38 Richard W. Slocum, III Teradyne 5
#38 Gregory Willis Peterson Delta T 5
#38 Jason Bishop Delta T 5
#38 William Gerry Graham Danaher 5
#38 Clayton Matney Alltech 5
#38 Thomas Wilbur Blanck Lexmark International 5
#48 Vivek M. Rangnekar University Of Kentucky 4
#48 Gerry Graham Ghw Solutions 4
#48 Charles H. Lingle Lexmark International 4

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