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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, OH ranks #7,124 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 329 patents from 112 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, OH include Omnova Solutions, Delphi Technologies, Butech Bliss. That works out to 27.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 112 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Raymond J. Weinert Omnova Solutions 50
2 Terry A. George Delphi Technologies 20
3 John R. Buta Butech Bliss 16
3 Kenneth C. Benton The Standard Oil 16
#5 George E. Enders Nrm 15
#6 Paul Patterson Senco Products 12
#7 James M. Smeltzer Eaton 9
#8 Mark A. Matko Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 8
#8 Troy A. Iler Delphi Technologies 8
#10 Mike McMahon H.J. Heinz 7
#11 Ronald Timmerman Buhrs-Zaandam B.V. 6
#11 Robert Rodrigues 6
#11 Donald L. Boos The Standard Oil 6
#14 Scott E. Brooks Ruland Manufacturing Co. 5
#14 Travis Lynn Hollabaugh The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 5
#14 Eric E. Shasteen Aptiv Technologies Ag 5
#17 George Landis 4
#17 Gerald A. Blasiman 4
#17 Gregory P. Huzyak Northern States Metals 4
#20 David A. Gano Ganeaux Industries 3
#20 Robert Milliron 3
#20 Dirk A. Keller 3
#20 Michael Wayne Rea General Motors 3
#20 Michael A. Gaskill Taylor-Winfield Technologies 3
#20 Adam Stryffeler 3
#20 Chris Latham GE 3
#20 Paul Huzyak Gulf Eastern Manufacturing 3
#20 Jacob Pfeifer Schaeffler 3
#20 Ray Fitzgerald Woods Unknown 3
#30 Thomas Jesko Construction Research & Technology Gmbh 2
#30 Amy L. Nemecek The Standard Oil 2
#30 Brooke Madsen Anderson IBM 2
#30 Paul T. Fennema Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical 2
#30 Robert R. Abernethy 2
#30 Peter Petrachkoff Ford 2
#30 Walter Ray Whitman Fireline 2
#30 William Z. Kolozsi 2
#30 Mike Mc Mahon 2
#30 Dennis B. Keller Air-Maze 2
#40 Thomas D. Cleland Nrm 1
#40 Kenneth W. Heestand Westinghouse Electric 1
#40 Robert Citino 1
#40 Lawrence B. Thompson The Babcock & Wilcox 1
#40 Joseph P. Faia 1
#40 Richard N. Dotson 1
#40 Dennis Keith Ulrich 1
#40 Robert Y. Marousek 1
#40 Michael G. Madjarac 1
#40 Derek A. Coffee 1
#40 Douglas Umbs Ganeaux Industries 1

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