Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shaker Heights, OH ranks #947 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,517 patents from 490 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shaker Heights, OH include Cisco, Merck, Case Western Reserve University. That works out to 119.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 490 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew A. Silverman Cisco 164
2 William J. Greenlee Merck 161
3 Mark A. Griswold Case Western Reserve University 135
#4 William Knight Nook, Sr. The Noco 132
#5 Jonathan S. Stamler Duke University 111
#6 Roger Lin Hannspree 108
#7 Anant Madabhushi Case Western Reserve University 107
#8 Gary L. Sugar Ipr Licensing 62
#9 Hani Kayyali Cleveland Medical Devices 58
#10 Dustin A Heldman Great Lakes Neurotechnologies 53
#11 Geoffrey B. Thrope Medtronic 51
#12 Jung-Hwa Lee Samsung 50
#13 Chandra S. Balasubramanian Cardinalcommerce 49
#14 James E. Owen Sharp Laboratories Of America 45
#14 Bahman Taheri Alphamicron Incorporated 45
#16 Andre Doxey Nike 39
#17 Gregory J. Hummer 38
#18 David M. Parish Arraycomm 35
#19 Peter Gingras Atrium Medical 34
#20 Jeffry G. Dietz The Lubrizol 33
#21 Lynne Shlonsky American Greetings 32
#22 Andrew J. Wheaton Toshiba Medical Systems 30
#22 Jose L. Navia Cleveland Clinic 30
#24 Douglas R. Bodmann Rockwell Automation 28
#25 Nathan J. Molnar Rockwell Automation 27
#26 James Basilion Case Western Reserve University 26
#27 Benjamin D. Burge Bose 25
#28 Mark E. Duffy GE 23
#28 David R. Kaplan US Army 23
#30 Lawrence M. Sears Frantz Medical Development 20
#30 David L. Klein Sunpower 20
#30 Jay Tapper Conopco 20
#30 Peter Pfab Basf Se 20
#30 Matthew Wright Reckitt Benckiser (Uk) Limited 20
#30 Jonathan Smith Cleveland Clinic 20
#30 Harry R. Silver Lexisnexis, A Division Of Reed Elsevier 20
#30 Peter Reimers Arisdyne Systems 20
#38 Robert F. Spetzler Pmt 19
#38 Gordon J. Roberts Ferro 19
#40 Joseph A. Bechtold, Jr. 18
#41 Gordon Lamb The Lubrizol 17
#41 Hatsuo Ishida Edison Polymer Innovation 17
#43 Robert H. Silverman Cleveland Clinic 16
#44 Richard J. Medvick Swagelok 15
#44 Jonathan Robert Meyer GE 15
#44 Ronald P. Campbell Swagelok 15
#44 Tianji Zhao GE 15
#44 Mary McClain American Greetings 15
#44 David P. Rohler Plexar Associates 15
#50 Gerald T. Mearini Genvac Aerospace 14

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