Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, PA ranks #1,318 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,549 patents from 552 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, PA include Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit, Ppg Industries Ohio, Accenture Global Services Limited. That works out to 193.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 552 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aleem Gangjee Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit 86
2 Lawrence G. Anderson Ppg Industries Ohio 69
3 Jeffrey D. Taft Accenture Global Services Limited 40
#4 Paul H. Lamers Ppg Industries Ohio 36
#5 Mario L. Occelli Union Oil Company Of California 31
#6 William Rasile H.J. Heinz 30
#7 Edward T. Sabourin Gulf Research & Development 29
#8 Richard M. Nugent, Jr. Ppg Industries 28
#8 Charles G. Miller Kbport 28
#10 F. Howard Gillery Ppg Industries 27
#11 Douglas Mark Zatezalo Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 25
#11 Wangyang Zhang Cadence Design Systems 25
#11 Harry Buhay Ppg Industries Ohio 25
#11 Steven J. Ross General Motors 25
#15 Linda K. Anderson Ppg Industries Ohio 24
#16 Kurt A. Humbert Ppg Industries Ohio 23
#17 Shiryn Tyebjee Ppg Industries Ohio 22
#17 James M. Rakowski AMD 22
#17 Ralph C. Gray Ppg Industries Ohio 22
#20 Paul H. Pettit, Jr. Ppg Industries 21
#20 Ken W. Niederst Ppg Industries 21
#20 Thomas C. Moriarity Ppg Industries Ohio 21
#23 David S. Bergstrom AMD 20
#23 Balbhadra Das Ppg Industries 20
#23 Elias Lee Fallon Cadence Design Systems 20
#23 George C. Allen North Carolina State University 20
#27 Norman L. Carr Gulf Research & Development 19
#27 Padmanabhan Sundararaman Ppg Industries 19
#27 Edward J. Donnelly Zoll Medical 19
#27 Venkatachalam Eswarakrishnan Ppg Industries Ohio 19
#31 James R. Franks Ppg Industries Ohio 18
#32 Fredric G. Bender 17
#33 Luciano M. Parrinello Ppg Industries Ohio 16
#33 Robert A. Montague Ppg Industries Ohio 16
#33 Mark David Bedillion Seagate Technology 16
#36 William R. Weber 3M 15
#36 Jan H. L. van Linden Aluminum Company Of America 15
#38 John J. Kuhn Ppg Industries 14
#38 Jeffrey Balzer Advanced Neuromodulation Systems 14
#38 Mark P. Wach Sylvan America 14
#38 Layton A. Wise Mine Safety Appliances Company 14
#42 Chester J. Szymanski Ppg Industries Ohio 13
#42 Nathan J. Silvernail Ppg Industries Ohio 13
#42 Daniel R. Swiler Ferro 13
#42 Paul Anthony Colbaugh Eaton 13
#42 Frank H. Gillery Ppg Industries 13
#42 Sean Purdy Ppg Industries Ohio 13
#42 Paul P. Greigger Ppg Industries 13
#42 Susan B. McVey Covestro 13
#50 Karen D. Donnelly Ppg Industries Ohio 12

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