Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rocky River, OH ranks #2,229 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,421 patents from 263 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rocky River, OH include Royal Appliance Mfg., AMD, 3M. That works out to 65.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 263 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Craig M. Saunders Royal Appliance Mfg. 234
2 Charles E. May AMD 117
3 Christopher J. Miller 3M 56
#4 David L. Harris Sprint Communications 41
#5 Sarah Bridget Mulroy The Sherwin-Williams 34
#6 Craig Saunders Rug Doctor 30
#7 Thaddeus Brej Fasteners For Retail 25
#7 Stephen P. Rukavina Vita-Mix 25
#9 Richard L. Middaugh Aatru Medical 24
#10 Doug Jackson Biolink Systems 23
#11 Adrian Slattery GE 20
#11 Lambert Haner The Scott Fetzer 20
#13 Ruth H. Pater NASA 18
#14 Paul H. Rumpke Lincoln Global 17
#15 Aaron Rood Orbital Research 16
#16 Brendan Edward Clark Unknown 15
#17 James R. Bowers Lam Research 14
#17 George Kletecka 14
#19 George William Farr Aeromics 13
#19 Eugene Liberman Rockwell Automation 13
#19 Jeffrey S. Rayle Swagelok 13
#22 William J. Leimkuehler, Jr. Biolectrics 11
#22 Katalina Speck American Greetings 11
#24 Jeanne Marie Leidy Nordson 10
#24 Esther A. L. Verbovszky Unknown 10
#24 John A. Burke Greene, Tweed & 10
#27 Cynthia Skelton-Becker Nordson 9
#27 Nicholas Joseph Smilanich Union Carbide 9
#27 Jacob S. Baker Rockwell Automation 9
#27 Robert A. Gustaferro Ineos Usa 9
#27 Ralph Forman Hughes Aircraft 9
#27 Elaine A. Mertzel 9
#33 Daniel J. Shramo Adalet/Scott Fetzer 8
#33 David G. Abood Equalizer Technology 8
#33 Michael Vamvakas Unknown 8
#33 Rick Wiedemer Hinkley Lighting 8
#37 Thomas D. Karcher Hoechst Gmbh 7
#37 Debra McGivney Case Western Reserve University 7
#37 August H. Jorgensen, Jr. 7
#37 Edward A. Steele S&C Electric 7
#37 Donald A. Gibson Cummins Filtration Ip 7
#37 Americo Del Raso 7
#37 Dennis O'Toole Enerco Group 7
#44 Demetrios V. Louzos Union Carbide 6
#44 Elizabeth Ann Gleason Pfizer 6
#44 Mark T. Whiteaker Rsb Spine 6
#44 Robert C. Bill NASA 6
#44 Ernest J. Fena Nordson 6
#44 Richard W. Lauver NASA 6
#50 Brian B. Mathewson Unknown 5

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