Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Walton, KY ranks #8,044 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 274 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Walton, KY include Funai Electric Co., GE, Litton Systems. That works out to 50.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sean T. Weaver Funai Electric Co. 36
2 Robert Charles Hon GE 33
3 Weston R. Loomer Litton Systems 23
#4 John S. Kimsey Johnson & Johnson 22
#5 Kathleen Anne Perry The Procter & Gamble 12
#6 Stephen A. Thwaites General Cable Technologies 11
#6 Gilbert Schmidt The Dial 11
#8 Ronald David TURNER The Procter & Gamble 10
#8 Jonathan Schneider Netflix 10
#10 Andrew Ezekiel Wessman GE 9
#10 Joseph Charles Albers GE 9
#12 Jonathan Paul Ruppert 8
#12 Robert M. Barrett M-I L.L.C. 8
#14 Oliver Lawal Aquisense Technologies 6
#14 Brian Turner 6
#16 Nanda Christine Almond The Procter & Gamble 5
#16 Timothy Johnson Bristol-Myers Squibb 5
#18 Thomas Abram Adams The Procter & Gamble 4
#18 Tony Lamb 4
#20 William Donald Robinson Illinois Tool Works 3
#20 Wallace Wireman 3
#20 Vernon Kallenborn 3
#20 Eugene J. Frey Owens-Brockway Plastic Products 3
#24 Jacqueline Westfield The Procter & Gamble 2
#24 Mark David Rucker Toyota 2
#24 John van Aalst Children'S Hospital Medical Center 2
#24 Thomas M. Gallub 2
#24 Harry W. Cheesman Aristech Acrylics 2
#24 Chad Ford Wild Flavors 2
#30 Steven Carl Turner Fmr 1
#30 Jeremy DUNLAP Pmc Organometallix 1
#30 Paul Ropic 1
#30 Huey Do Toyota 1
#30 Daniel R. Archie Ancra International 1
#30 James Piner 1
#30 Anthony B. Lamb 1
#30 John M. Harmeling 1
#30 Ken Bergman 1
#30 Carl Schumer 1
#30 Timothy Allen Lehmkuhl 1
#30 Edgar R. Elmore 1
#30 Eric Ubelhor 1
#30 Beau Easton Meyer Tool 1
#30 Johnny B. Strunk Waddington North America 1
#30 Robert A. Bosse M. I. Co. 1
#30 Marvin R. Wolfe Sunrise Associates 1
#30 John B. Gittings Toyota 1

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