Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

North Wales, PA ranks #1,250 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,691 patents from 457 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in North Wales, PA include Convida Wireless, Novo Nordisk A/S, Merck. That works out to 785.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 457 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Quang Ly Convida Wireless 160
2 Shawn DeFrees Novo Nordisk A/S 73
3 Mark E. Fraley Merck 68
#4 Philip Pitis Johnson & Johnson 56
#5 Kermit E. Stahl Certainteed 50
#5 David C. Remy Merck 50
#7 Michael D. Kelly Rohm And Haas 43
#7 Mark A. Youngman Purdue Pharma 43
#7 William J. Miller Merck 43
#7 Steven Jacobs Johnson & Johnson 43
#11 Willie Lau Rohm And Haas 42
#12 Bradley J. Smith Nautilus 40
#13 Eric G. Lundquist Rohm And Haas 39
#14 Ward Thomas Brown Rohm And Haas 38
#15 Donna Lynn Visioli E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 27
#15 Gregory R. Ott Cephalon 27
#17 Zhenwen Fu Rohm And Haas 26
#18 David T. Hill Smithkline Beckman 25
#18 Alan D. Berger Case Gmbh 25
#20 W. Shaun Wall Medical Components 24
#20 Douglas T. Ross Gpi Nil Holdings 24
#22 Jacob M. Hoffman 22
#23 Terry Michael Williams Rohm And Haas 19
#24 Stephen Cicchini Globus Medical 18
#25 Chaozhong Cai Johnson & Johnson 17
#25 Umar Maharoof Johnson & Johnson 17
#25 Richard J. Wiersema The Clorox 17
#25 Mark Blitshteyn Simco Holdings 17
#25 Glenn Richard Carlson Intrexon 17
#30 Douglas E. Brenneman 16
#30 James J. Mencel Johnson Matthey Public Limited 16
#32 Gary S. Gillotti Kulicke And Soffa Industries 15
#32 Kimberly White Johnson & Johnson 15
#32 William B. Griffith, Jr. Rohm And Haas 15
#35 Peter Osei-Gyimah Rohm And Haas 14
#35 Osvaldo A. Flores Novira Therapeutics 14
#35 Xiang Zhou The Wistar Institute 14
#35 John Reffner Spectratech 14
#39 Don Edgar Griswold Smithkline Beecham Limited 13
#39 Dat Phat Le Rohm And Haas 13
#39 Jon M. Keagy Lutron Electronics Co. 13
#39 Chase J. Boudreaux Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 13
#39 Akshay Gadre Ebay 13
#39 Shang-Jaw Chiou Rohm And Haas 13
#39 Todd Dietz Rovi Guides 13
#46 Anbazhagan Natesh Cardolite 12
#46 Susan M. Grillo Bpsi Holdings 12
#46 Paul Gerhart Honeywell 12
#46 Marian Gindy Merck 12
#46 Michael P. Schmidt-Lange Kulicke And Soffa Industries 12

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