Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Villanova, PA ranks #3,766 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 776 patents from 142 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Villanova, PA include Zimmer Knee Creations, Temple University, Depuy Synthes Products. That works out to 94.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 142 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter F. Sharkey Zimmer Knee Creations 55
2 E. Premkumar Reddy Temple University 45
3 Gerald Williams Depuy Synthes Products 39
#4 Alexander Wade Gage Lutron Electronics Co. 37
#5 Bob M. Dobbins Ellenby Technologies 31
#6 Dongeun Huh University of Pennsylvania 25
#7 Christopher Mark JONES The Toronto-Dominion Bank 24
#8 Dominick A. DeAngelis Kulicke And Soffa Industries 22
#8 Jonathan P. Garino Smith & Nephew 22
#10 Lawrence Appalucci Checkpoint Systems 21
#11 Hildegund C. J. Ertl Wistar Institute Of Anatomy And Biology 19
#12 Lori Krim Gavrin Pfizer 18
#13 Robert A. Neff Oracle 17
#13 Saeid Zerafati Arkema 17
#15 Irene N. Uzinskas Affinium Pharmaceuticals 16
#15 Martin Grossman H Grossman 16
#17 Michael J. Tolentino University of Pennsylvania 15
#18 Michael Huber Garland Industries 12
#19 Christopher Ganster Comcast 11
#19 Rocco L. Martino Cyberfone Technologies 11
#21 Susan Ng Real Time Tomography 10
#22 Rebecca Taub Madrigal Pharmaceuticals 9
#22 Phillip C. Wilson Michael Umen & Co. 9
#22 John A. Bennett Lockheed Martin 9
#22 Dmitry I. Gabrilovich Wistar Institute Of Anatomy And Biology 9
#26 Louis M. Heidelberger 8
#27 Wilbert E. Fink Polyloom Corporation Of America 7
#27 Daniel A. Hammer University of Pennsylvania 7
#27 Johnathan Garino Smith & Nephew 7
#30 Ziauddin Ahmad Kulicke And Soffa Industries 6
#30 Louis D. Lowry Thomas Jefferson University 6
#30 Robert A. Kogen L. Lawrence Products 6
#30 Andrew D. A. Maidment University of Pennsylvania 6
#34 Mark Stearns Philadelphia Health & Education 5
#34 Albert T. Derivan Pfizer 5
#34 Robert Norman Aronchick Aron Lighting 5
#34 David A. Simmons Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings Ag 5
#34 Dieter Bender Carl Schmale Gmbh & 5
#34 Robert J. Bitterman Cutanea Life Sciences 5
#40 Elaine C. DeFreitas The University Of Miami 4
#40 Harry D. Heaps, Jr. Connelly Containers 4
#40 George M. Calhoun IBM 4
#40 Edwin U. Keates Premier Laser Systems 4
#40 Judith C. Giordan Henkel Limited 4
#40 Robert G. Rex 4
#46 Hildegund CJ ERTL The Wistar Institute 3
#46 E. Prem Reddy US Dept of Health & Human Services 3
#46 Greg H. Enders Institute For Cancer Research 3
#46 Ralph E. Clark El Paso Products 3
#46 Jonathan Qian Master Cutlery 3

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