Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vandergrift, PA ranks #2,168 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,466 patents from 285 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vandergrift, PA include Comcast, Ric Investments, Brookhaven Science Associates. That works out to 288.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 285 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David B. Knowles Comcast 63
2 Jerome Matula, Jr. Ric Investments 53
3 James T. Veligdan Brookhaven Science Associates 50
#4 James D. B. Smith Westinghouse Electric 48
#5 Thomas S. Snyder Westinghouse Electric 42
#6 James A. Davis Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 38
#7 Larry F. Wieserman Aluminum Company Of America 35
#8 Chun Kee Lui Cook Medical Technologies 31
#9 John H. Murphy Westinghouse Electric 28
#10 Shan C. Sun Westinghouse Electric 25
#11 Stephen J. Ferlan Westinghouse Electric 24
#12 Karl Wefers Aluminum Company Of America 23
#12 Guy Martin Societe Europenne De Propulsion 23
#14 John M. Dudik Ppg Industries Ohio 20
#15 Robert Booker Cook Medical Technologies 18
#16 Carol L. Knox Ppg Industries Ohio 17
#16 Frankie E. Phelps Aluminum Company Of America 17
#18 James R. Marshall Westinghouse Electric 16
#18 David J. Santure Basf Lacke & Farben 16
#18 James D. Klingensmith Aluminum Company Of America 16
#21 Werner W. Eibe White Consolidated Industries 15
#22 Richard Johnston Precision Shooting Equipment 14
#22 David H. Archer Westinghouse Electric 14
#24 William H. Fischer Electric Power Research Institute 13
#24 Kenneth D. Beer Pella 13
#26 Leonard R. Golick Westinghouse Electric 12
#26 James R. Logan Westinghouse Electric 12
#26 David Marschik Westinghouse Electric 12
#26 William M. Alvino Westinghouse Electric 12
#26 Roger Graham Byford Vocollect 12
#26 William E. King Westinghouse Electric 12
#26 Anthony Grisolia Covestro 12
#26 Robert L. Kozarek Alcoa 12
#34 Alan H. Singleton Zenergy International Limited 11
#34 Lee W. Burtner Westinghouse Electric 11
#34 Michael J. Kinosz Alcoa 11
#37 Thomas M. Camden, Jr. Westinghouse Electric 10
#37 Jordan Zito Thorley Industries 10
#37 William Pollack Westinghouse Electric 10
#37 John T. Schneider Mate Punch & Die 10
#41 Matthew Answine Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 9
#41 Morris A. Mendelsohn Westinghouse Electric 9
#43 Frank J. Horansky Aluminum Company Of America 8
#43 Louis W. Gaussa, Jr. Westinghouse Electric 8
#43 Thomas Gilbert Snyder Netapp 8
#43 David J. Shero Westinghouse Electric 8
#43 Scott L. Palmer Pechiney Rolled Products 8
#48 Donald D. Blewitt Westinghouse Electric 7
#48 Ronald A. Cheski Westinghouse Electric 7
#48 Herbert S. Kirschbaum Westinghouse Electric 7

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