Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oberlin, OH ranks #8,131 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 270 patents from 50 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oberlin, OH include Moen Incorporated, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Johnson Controls Technology. That works out to 31.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 W. Randall Tucker Moen Incorporated 27
2 Duane R. Johnson Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 23
3 Dennis J. Flood Johnson Controls Technology 22
#4 Anthony R. Ignagni Synapse Biomedical 18
#5 Gary W. Hunter NASA 17
#6 Dale A. Pulver Moen Incorporated 15
#7 Terry Flores American Greetings 14
#7 Robert B. Calhoun Shotspotter 14
#9 John Sharpless Nordson 13
#9 Curt Geideman Moen Incorporated 13
#11 John Van Wingerden 10
#12 Scott M. Muniga Bettcher Industries 7
#13 Thomas G. Ruffner Diamond Products Limited 6
#13 Richard Salter Eastman Kodak 6
#15 Remigio Perales Global Neighbor 5
#15 Paul R. Schwaegerle 5
#17 Alvin A. Rood Nordson 4
#18 Saul R. Gilford 3
#18 Jeffrey W. Patterson Utility Relay 3
#18 Alex Rutstein 3
#21 George W. Stoudt Nordson 2
#21 Jason M. Belitsky 2
#21 John Van Wingerden Green Circle Growers 2
#21 Cody M. Flood 2
#21 David L. Miskell 2
#21 James Walter Moennich 2
#21 John Scofield The Fountainhead Group 2
#21 Brian Richard Clark 2
#21 Kurt R. Lauer 2
#21 Kenneth E. Heyde H.B. Fuller 2
#21 Tim Greszler Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 2
#21 John Edmund Petersen 2
#33 James R. McKinnon 1
#33 Richard J. Krupar Invacare 1
#33 Anthony W. Scott 1
#33 Glenn A. Gall The Geon 1
#33 Robert W. Hemminger 1
#33 Luke Elliot Miranda 1
#33 Andrew Steven Miranda 1
#33 James R. Hollstein Nordson 1
#33 Joseph Kubiak 1
#33 Edward Dupakoski General Motors 1
#33 Blaise Anthony Ignagni 1
#33 Ken Roll 1
#33 Timothy J. Greszler Vita-Mix Management 1
#33 Samuel A. Foster IBM 1
#33 Charles Boday 1
#33 Rex Evelsizer, Jr. 1
#33 Alexander Rutshtein Compressor Controls 1
#33 John D. Bukovac 1

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