Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Solon, OH ranks #763 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,440 patents from 517 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Solon, OH include Spectrum Diversified Designs, Boston Scientific, Providence Medical Technology. That works out to 183.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 517 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sheldon H. Goodman Spectrum Diversified Designs 622
2 Michael A. Moffitt Boston Scientific 242
3 Jeffrey D. Smith Providence Medical Technology 104
#4 Roger W. Avakian GE 88
#5 Terry Mazanec Velocys 77
#6 Ken ALIBEK Locus Solutions Ipco 70
#7 Subbian Govindaraj Rockwell Automation 63
#8 Ping Jia Cardioinsight Technologies 55
#8 Michael Rabinovich Baker Hughes Holdings 55
#10 Charulatha Ramanathan Cardioinsight Technologies 53
#11 Chuanyong Bai Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 48
#12 Paul R. Metcalfe Gojo Industries 45
#13 Qingguo Zeng Cardioinsight Technologies 44
#14 Richard S. Henderson Pyrotek 42
#14 Dominique M. Durand Case Western Reserve University 42
#14 Bruce J. Chantry Lincoln Global 42
#14 Jorge A. Morando Alphatech Co. 42
#18 John Bradshaw Glaxo Group Limited 40
#18 Gregory M. Bird Fasteners For Retail 40
#20 Sergey V. Makarov Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 37
#21 Sivaram Balasubramanian Rockwell Automation 36
#21 Yanshi Zhang The Lubrizol 36
#23 Andrew R. Lefkowitz Ganeden Biotech 34
#24 Michael A. Tenhover The Standard Oil 31
#24 Lu Qian Cisco 31
#24 Qi Fu Basf Se 31
#27 Scott E. Urban Gojo Industries 30
#27 Craig A. Frederick Cleveland Medical Devices 30
#27 Todd E. Kooken Lincoln Global 30
#27 Alex Greenspan Mechoshade Systems 30
#31 Utkarsh Sharma Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 29
#31 William Erwin Cohen GE 29
#33 Robert H. Wake Imaging Diagnostic Systems 27
#34 Faming Li Xerox 26
#34 Roger W. Day Olin 26
#36 Eric J. Wilson Erico International 25
#36 Chris T. Vild Metaullics Systems Co. 25
#36 Himanshu S. Amin Unknown 25
#36 Karthik N. KARATHUR Locus Solutions Ipco 25
#36 Mark Elliott Basf Se 25
#36 Sidney H. Bradd Hoover Limited 25
#36 Qing Ge Tyrx 25
#43 Jeffrey H. Yanof Picker International 24
#43 Ernest C. Milberger The Standard Oil 24
#43 Andrew P. Chick Roger Cleveland Golf Company 24
#43 Carl Peters Lincoln Global 24
#43 John J. Maloney Ferro 24
#48 Kan Yang Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 23
#49 Deepak S. Thakur Basf Se 22
#50 Richard R. Bowles Emerson Electric 20

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