Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vandalia, OH ranks #2,642 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,169 patents from 276 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vandalia, OH include Adare Pharmaceuticals, Norton, General Motors. That works out to 76.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 276 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gopi M. Venkatesh Adare Pharmaceuticals 62
2 Gwo S. Swei Norton 59
3 Donald Edward Schenk General Motors 39
#4 David R. Seitz Ohio Electronic Engravers 33
#5 Ryan T. Pinsenschaum Delphi Technologies 30
#5 Patricia Lewis Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C. 30
#7 John Benjamin Hageman Delphi Technologies 29
#7 Laura Hawthorn Delphi Technologies 29
#9 Daniel J. Schaefer Span-America Medical Systems 27
#9 Michael B. Miller Litton Systems 27
#11 Joseph A. Henry Regal Beloit America 21
#12 Daniel W. Repperger US Air Force 20
#13 R. Peter Stodd Container Development 19
#13 Thomas J. Obringer Ncr 19
#15 Marc Sabourin Andritz 18
#15 James William Zehnder, II General Motors 18
#17 Ronald L. Shellhause General Motors 17
#17 Brian A. Brunswick Premark Feg L.L.C. 17
#19 James M. Clevenger Eurand 16
#20 Edward J. Florkey Henny Penny 14
#20 Richard Paul Piekutowski Trimble Navigation Limited 14
#22 David Morgan Wirth Fabric8Labs 12
#23 Robert J. Morrow K-2 11
#24 DuWain K. Ake Apache Technologies 10
#24 Richard W. Davidson Topcon 10
#24 Kent E. Logan Copeland Lp 10
#27 Edward J. DeHoff General Motors 9
#27 Herold Williams Polycom 9
#27 Randy P. Broussard Qualia Computing 9
#27 Natarajan Rajendran Copeland Lp 9
#27 Lee E. Trouteaud Compagnie Hobart 9
#32 Robert N. McKee Royal Appliance Mfg. 8
#32 Thomas S. Donthnier Premark Feg L.L.C. 8
#32 Eric J. Kirker Odawara Automation 8
#32 Michael S. Adkins Hearth Products Controls 8
#36 Joel R. Wells General Motors 7
#36 Debra L. Dyer Illinois Tool Works 7
#36 Salvator Nigarura Pmg Indiana 7
#36 Nicole M. Mahmood Delphi Technologies 7
#36 James Patrick Mahle GE 7
#41 Brian J. Veneklase US Air Force 6
#41 E. Wayne Zicht Globe Protect 6
#41 Peter Eros Evenflo Company 6
#41 Charles L. A. Cerny US Air Force 6
#41 Ned L. Kikly Itt Automotive Electrical Systems 6
#41 Lloyd D. Tripp, Jr. US Air Force 6
#41 Daniel W. Slanker Motoman 6
#41 Mark Zachman Trimble Navigation Limited 6
#41 Gary R. Denton General Motors 6
#50 Paul D. Wilkey General Motors 5

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