Smithsburg, MD ranks #20,749 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 62 patents from 15 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Smithsburg, MD include Manitowoc Crane Companies, US Dept of Health & Human Services, Carter Control Systems. That works out to 20.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–15 of 15 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John F. Benton | Manitowoc Crane Companies | 15 |
| 2 | Stephen H. Hughes | US Dept of Health & Human Services | 11 |
| 3 | Duane L. Glass | Carter Control Systems | 8 |
| #4 | James Fernando Jiron | Information Planning & Management Service | 7 |
| #5 | Patrick L. Nolan | Unknown | 4 |
| #6 | Andrew Paul Hoffman | Salesforce | 3 |
| #6 | Jonathan Frederick Schupp | Corbis | 3 |
| #6 | Lauren Belella | Spirent Communications | 3 |
| #9 | Timothy Dixon | Siemens Mobility Gmbh | 2 |
| #10 | Liam P. Corballis | IBM | 1 |
| #10 | Truman R. Keeney | — | 1 |
| #10 | Richard O. Webb, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #10 | Craig L. Shupp | Paragon Technologies Co. | 1 |
| #10 | Walter M. Brown, III | US Army | 1 |
| #10 | Timothy Mark Waltz | Jlg Industries | 1 |
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