Oakland, MD ranks #17,827 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 80 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oakland, MD include Black & Decker, Five Aces Breeding, Unknown. That works out to 43.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry L. Turner | Black & Decker | 27 |
| 2 | Harry Jan Swartz | Five Aces Breeding | 16 |
| 3 | Steven C. Dixon | Unknown | 7 |
| #4 | David J. Rohrbaugh | — | 4 |
| #5 | John J. Bowerman | Frederick Electronic | 3 |
| #6 | Charles Clary | — | 2 |
| #6 | Shawn L. Fike | Strata Products Worldwide | 2 |
| #6 | Dmitry Sergeevich Kubin | — | 2 |
| #9 | Melody J King | — | 1 |
| #9 | Latoya E. Sizer | — | 1 |
| #9 | Karen Lee Ives | — | 1 |
| #9 | Paul A. Eary | — | 1 |
| #9 | Galen V. Rohrbaugh | — | 1 |
| #9 | George W. Deems | — | 1 |
| #9 | Julius N. Hornyak | Tamrock World Corporation, N.V. | 1 |
| #9 | Freddie Stoner | — | 1 |
| #9 | Skyler John Hebden | — | 1 |
| #9 | Gary Lawrence Hardesty | — | 1 |
| #9 | Caleb Schrock | — | 1 |
| #9 | Jeremy Swartzentruber | — | 1 |
| #9 | David William Lantz, III | — | 1 |
| #9 | Margaret A. Hord | — | 1 |
| #9 | John S. Sisler | — | 1 |
| #9 | William H. Maley | — | 1 |
| #9 | Gerald F. Pullias | — | 1 |
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