Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Northampton, PA ranks #4,868 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 554 patents from 97 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Northampton, PA include Lutron Electronics Co., Ecotech, Inpaco. That works out to 53.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 97 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Erica L. Clymer Lutron Electronics Co. 180
2 Timothy Marks Ecotech 48
3 William C. Christine Inpaco 28
#4 Nayda Aponte Lutron Technology Company 26
#5 Danny Q. Tang Antronix 18
#5 William Francis Zore Robert Bosch Gmbh 18
#7 Joseph A. Sohara Atlas Powder 11
#8 John C. Ivankovits Air Products And Chemicals 10
#9 Gary W. Bryde Lutron Electronics Co. 9
#9 James Charles Popa Agere Systems 9
#11 Harald R. Guenther Innovative Photonic Solutions 8
#12 Seymour Mark The Standard Oil 7
#12 Ronald J. Holmes AT&T 7
#12 Thomas W. Baker AT&T 7
#12 Edward J. Pullin Intel 7
#16 Brian Gabel Air Products And Chemicals 6
#16 David M. Skvoretz Bell & Howell Mail And Messaging Technologies 6
#16 Michael Janders B.Braun Medical 6
#19 Timothy J. Miller Evonik Degussa Gmbh 5
#19 Uffaz Nathaniel Cisco 5
#19 Douglas C. Woerner Gaf 5
#19 Matthew Bellenoit B.Braun Medical 5
#19 Jason Euculano Flsmidth A/S 5
#24 David R. Hockenberry Concurrent Technologies 4
#24 Daniel J. Loikits Unknown 4
#24 Ralph Diehl Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg 4
#24 Michael Andrew Krupa Precision Medical Partners 4
#24 Louis S. Schwartz Flsmidth A/S 4
#24 Raed H. AlHazme 4
#24 Peter T. Paone, III Flsmidth A/S 4
#24 Matthew S. Greene Follett 4
#32 Andrew P. Ondush Air Products And Chemicals 3
#32 Karl Bowser Sunrise Medical Hhg 3
#32 George F. Wilkinson, Jr. Western Electric Company 3
#32 Trudie C. Rice AT&T 3
#36 Debra A. Hittie 2
#36 Steve Weber B.Braun Medical 2
#36 Brian G. Rider Air Products And Chemicals 2
#36 Michael A. Bucari Storage Technology 2
#36 Douglas M. La Comare Evonik Operations Gmbh 2
#36 Richard A. Laird 2
#36 Stanton D. Irons Bethlehem Steel 2
#36 Steven Korn Linde Engineering North America 2
#36 Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. 2
#36 Gene Clater 2
#36 Michael S. Kokolus Lutron Electronics Co. 2
#36 William A. Possanza AT&T 2
#48 Thomas Klucsarits Agere Systems 1
#48 Jason Eckhart Agere Systems 1
#48 Edward M. Bushner 1

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