Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Terre Haute, IN ranks #3,065 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 991 patents from 271 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Terre Haute, IN include Nico, Tredegar Film Products, Burroughs. That works out to 17.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 271 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian C. Dougherty Nico 58
2 Paul E. Thomas Tredegar Film Products 48
3 Robert D. Catiller Burroughs 26
#4 Carl K. Edwards, III Hoechst Marion Roussel 23
#5 Paul E. Eckler International Minerals & Chemical 19
#6 Vernon V. Young International Minerals & Chemical 16
#6 James C. Merk Cook Medical Technologies 16
#8 Marvin Keller Exline Heritage Research Group 15
#8 John F. Kraemer International Minerals & Chemical 15
#8 Vikram P. Mehrotra International Minerals & Chemical 15
#11 Garland E. Raley Ethyl 14
#11 Jing LU International Minerals & Chemical 14
#11 Barry Davignon Roadmaster 14
#14 Randolph B. DePrince Amgen 13
#14 David R. Bright International Minerals & Chemical 13
#16 Arthur Hirsch J. I. Case 12
#16 Michael Roe Microsoft 12
#18 Glenn N. Robinson Angus Chemical 11
#19 Jerry H. Hunsucker International Minerals & Chemical 10
#19 Brian C. Loomis Fitesa Film Products 10
#21 Donnell L. Dunn Cnh America 9
#21 Alfred Carlson Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 9
#23 Jeremy Eglen Digonex Technologies 8
#23 Jeffrey Segal Dolby Laboratories Licensing 8
#23 Reinhard Blaukovitsch Sony 8
#23 Alexander H. T. Chu Abbott 8
#23 Michael L. Mitchell Digital Audio Disc 8
#28 Herbert L. Wehrmeister International Minerals & Chemical 7
#28 Xinyu Xiao Ivani 7
#28 Tracy Eugene Wheeler Digital Audio Disc 7
#28 Frederick H. Weber Pfizer 7
#28 Richard E. Ivy International Minerals & Chemical 7
#28 Charles L. Gibson Unknown 7
#28 Gregory S Stump Vermeer Manufacturing 7
#28 Barry A. Fite Digital Audio Disc 7
#28 Leonard E. Speers Blaw-Know Construction Equipment 7
#28 Peter Van Horn Qualcomm 7
#38 Glenn Chance Dunlap, III Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 6
#38 James Conklin Oracle 6
#38 Michael Francis Kvintus, Jr. Thomson Licensing 6
#38 Edward B. Hodge International Minerals & Chemical 6
#38 Dean M. Spear Ethyl 6
#38 Robert Bunch Pharmacophotonics 6
#38 Garrick Dasbach Digonex Technologies 6
#38 Berthold B. Dieter Unknown 6
#46 Ronald S. Kearby Teepak 5
#46 Ravi Viswanathan International Minerals & Chemical 5
#46 Mohammed T. Shipchandler International Minerals & Chemical 5
#46 Janis Ingebrigtsen International Minerals & Chemical 5
#46 Milton E. Woods International Minerals & Chemical 5

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