Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Prospect, KY ranks #3,158 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 955 patents from 182 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Prospect, KY include Haier Us Appliance Solutions, GE, Intel. That works out to 208.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 182 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander B. Leibman Haier Us Appliance Solutions 76
2 John K. Besore GE 60
3 David L. Hill Intel 47
#4 Jeffrey R. Hay Rdi Technologies 41
#5 John B. Taylor GE 30
#6 John Adam Yantis Haier Us Appliance Solutions 28
#7 Martin Mitchell Zentner GE 27
#7 Paul Owen Davis Haier Us Appliance Solutions 27
#9 Phillip C. Hombroek Midea Group Co. 26
#10 Robert Z. Whipple, Jr. Maytag 25
#11 David A. Shimp Celanese Gmbh 24
#12 David Joseph Najewicz GE 20
#12 Larry H. Joel Q2100 20
#14 Arthur B. Rhodes 17
#15 Deirdre Alphenaar Genscape Intangible Holding 14
#15 Robert A. Sanford Brown & Williamson Tobacco 14
#17 Byron L. Lowe Brown & Williamson Tobacco 13
#17 Choon Jae Ryu Haier Us Appliance Solutions 13
#19 Suzanne T. Ildstad University Of Pittsburgh 12
#20 Jacob S. Donlon Swimc 11
#21 Balakrishna Subramaniam UPS 10
#21 Joel M. Gray Remy Technologies 10
#23 Mitch Taylor Backer Ehp 9
#23 Gregory Curtis Merrifield General Equipment And Manufacturing Company 9
#25 Michael Augustine Brennan Conopco 8
#25 Zhenzhong Long Siemens Mobility Gmbh 8
#25 Hans O. Spauschus E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 8
#28 Frank O. Bonnarens Biomet Sports Medicine 7
#28 William L. Heumann Fisher-Klosterman 7
#28 Patrick C. Lankswert Intel 7
#31 Chi Li Bristol-Myers Squibb 6
#31 Chris Sutton Vestas Wind Systems A/S 6
#31 Edward M. Steutermann 6
#31 Theodore J. Blevins GE 6
#31 Wallace Shakun GE 6
#31 Brian E. Fortini Hillerich & Bradsby 6
#31 Adam Schultz Midea Group Co. 6
#38 Isaac Chuang MIT 5
#38 Roger Kirk Owens, II Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#38 Charles Hopkins Crawford, III Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#38 Daniel Robert Fuller Amazon 5
#38 Antonio Branco Olin 5
#38 Timothy Griffith Fogarty 5
#38 Spencer D. Wildman R A Brands L.L.C. 5
#38 Edward Craig Unknown 5
#38 George E. Manning Hillerich & Bradsby 5
#38 Donald M. Szymanski Credo Tool 5
#38 Jim Ryan Sound Design Technologies 5
#38 Kelly Johnson Catalyst Technology 5
#38 Jimmy Pingao Chen Borden Chemical 5

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