Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Stow, OH ranks #1,278 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,630 patents from 519 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Stow, OH include Gojo Industries, The University Of Akron, Vita-Mix Management. That works out to 76.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 519 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jackson W. Wegelin Gojo Industries 117
2 Daniel J. Smith The University Of Akron 78
3 David J. Kolar Vita-Mix Management 73
#4 Robert L. Quinlan Gojo Industries 58
#5 Dustin Ducharme Orthohelix Surgical Designs 52
#6 Maria D. Ellul ExxonMobil 46
#7 David A. Hutchings Georgia-Pacific Resins 38
#8 David E. Schultz Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 34
#8 Noel J. Bremer The Standard Oil 34
#10 Ceyhan Celik The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 32
#11 Scott T. Proper Gojo Industries 26
#11 Qingyou Han Purdue Research Foundation 26
#13 Sheel P. Agarwal Bridgestone 25
#14 James A. Titmas Eau-Viron Incorporated 23
#14 David E. Halasz Cisco 23
#16 James T. Schley-May 2Wire 22
#16 Gary Gibb Worthington Industries 22
#18 Jonathan E. Fawcett Hoover Limited 20
#18 Roland R. Loh Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 20
#20 Peter Jung-min Suh The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 19
#20 William Kolosi Cleveland Clinic 19
#22 Rick W. Walker Lifeline Scientific 18
#22 Jeffrey S. Morris Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 18
#22 Wenyue Wang Spectrum Diversified Designs 18
#25 Anthony J. Bell The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 17
#25 David R. Macinga Gojo Industries 17
#25 Haiji Yuan Kent Displays 17
#25 Umit G. Makal Lubrizol Advanced Materials 17
#25 William Frank Dunn The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 17
#30 Vall A. Iliev Shotstop Ballistics 16
#30 Neel K. Mani Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 16
#30 Kim R. Lewis Interbold 16
#30 Roy Miller Alphamicron Incorporated 16
#30 Matthew Harthcock Zephyros 16
#30 Ivan Zlatko Podobnik Cabot 16
#30 Richard J. Vickerman The Lubrizol 16
#30 Eric Michael Yukich Amgen 16
#38 Benjamin J. Olechnowicz GE 15
#38 James J. Tazuma The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 15
#38 Hassan S. Niknafs Norton Chemical Process Products 15
#41 Michael J. Forsyth Weatherchem 14
#41 Jack M. McClintock Morgan Adhesives Company 14
#41 Marcia Snyder Gojo Industries 14
#41 Richard A. Holmes Unknown 14
#45 Kevin E. Rice Lucas Aerospace Power Equipment 13
#45 Christopher Delgado Invacare 13
#45 Donald Close David Hudson 13
#45 Michael Howard Curtis The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 13
#45 Walter J. Kelly Omnova Solutions 13
#50 Zhong-Ren Chen Bridgestone 12

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