Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Towanda, PA ranks #3,076 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 988 patents from 182 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Towanda, PA include Gte Products, Centocor, Osram Sylvania. That works out to 353.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 182 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Clarence D. Vanderpool Gte Products 51
2 John Ghrayeb Centocor 45
3 Richard G. W. Gingerich Osram Sylvania 37
3 Joseph E. Ritsko Gte Products 37
#5 Martin B. MacInnis Gte Products 35
#5 James M. McDonough Societe Bic 35
#7 Gregory C. Weed E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 30
#8 Tai K. Kim Gte Products 25
#9 Michael J. Cheresnowsky Gte Products 24
#10 Ronald E. Karam Osram Sylvania 23
#11 Charles F. Chenot Gte Products 22
#11 Kenneth T. Reilly Gte Products 22
#13 Anthony F. Kasenga Gte Products 21
#14 Richard A. Scheithauer Gte Products 20
#14 Norman Davies Eaton 20
#16 Derek Dunn Cephalon 19
#16 Jae Do Lee LG 19
#16 Robert L. Ward Pgi International 19
#19 Daniel A. Jochym Unisys 15
#20 James N. Christini Gte Products 14
#21 Howard L. Acla Gte Products 12
#22 Anthony S. Drager Ignyta 11
#22 Alan D. Douglas Gte Products 11
#22 Ray L. Newman Gte Products 11
#22 James A. Mullendore Gte Products 11
#26 Joel B. Christian Osram Sylvania 9
#26 Stephen Bierlmaier Cephalon 9
#26 Sixdeniel Faria Gte Products 9
#26 Robert A. Long Gte Products 9
#26 Albert K. Fan Gte Products 9
#31 Timothy J. Hoffman Curators Of The University Of Missouri 8
#31 Christopher Poss Pfizer 8
#31 William J. Zegarski E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 8
#31 Brice E. Martin Gte Products 8
#35 Hans-Joachim Lunk Osram Sylvania 7
#35 David Hart Twitter 7
#35 Matthew M. Kropf University Of Pittsburgh 7
#35 Joseph J. Lenox Gte Products 7
#39 Ru-Yi Qi Osram Sylvania 6
#39 Gerald B. Smith Dresser Industries 6
#39 Diane Seymour Osram Sylvania 6
#39 Timothy A. Brunelli Gte Products 6
#39 Judy A. Belinski-Wolfe Osram Sylvania 6
#39 Vincent Chiola Gte Products 6
#39 Richard N. Kleiner Coorstek 6
#46 Mary E. Shaffer Gte Products 5
#46 John A. Arbie, Sr. Gte Products 5
#46 John Lafferty The University Of Chicago 5
#46 Richard J. Kempf E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 5
#46 Joel Johnson Dresser-Rand 5

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