Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

West Chester, PA ranks #406 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,810 patents from 1,305 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in West Chester, PA include Rohm And Haas, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And, Novatec. That works out to 418.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,305 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Anne Mae Gaffney Rohm And Haas 112
2 Quinn Qun Zhu E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 92
3 Stephen B. Maguire Novatec 78
#4 James C. Vartuli Atlantic Richfield 76
#5 Roger A. Grey Arco Chemical Technology 75
#6 Bi Le-Khac Arco Chemical Technology 69
#7 Mark A. Cox X-Card Holdings 68
#8 Brian J. Fitzpatrick Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 60
#9 Shao-Hua Guo Arco Chemical Technology 59
#10 Sheau-Hwa Ma E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 57
#11 Dimitrios Sarantakis Amerimas Home Products 51
#12 Yiqiang Zhan Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co. 48
#12 Michael DiCanzio Turn 5 48
#12 Denny L. Y. Lee E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 48
#15 William B. Retallick W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 47
#15 Sean Saidha Depuy Synthes Products 47
#17 John W. Glatfelter The Boeing 46
#18 Tom Brown Comcast 45
#18 Norman C. Gilman Igt 45
#20 Magdalena Zalacain Smithkline Beecham Limited 43
#21 John F. Stephen Ici Americas 42
#21 Eugene D. Gagliardi, Jr. Designer Foods 42
#23 Joseph Vaccaro Zenith Products 38
#24 Shaun B. Hanson Zimmer Knee Creations 36
#24 Ryan C. Meers Rehrig Pacific 36
#26 Rakesh Nambiar Nutrition & Biosciences Usa 4 35
#26 James Robert Schwartz The Procter & Gamble 35
#26 Ross Hamel Depuy Synthes Products 35
#26 Robert J. Bishop Bendix-Atlantic Inflator 35
#30 Albert F. Elcock Arris Enterprises 34
#30 Manuel Tavares Pennsy 34
#30 Feng Qiu Siemens Healthcare Limited 34
#33 Christopher J. Campbell 3M 33
#33 Mark Fulmer Noria 33
#35 Liming Cai Dopaco 32
#35 Vincent A. Durante Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) 32
#35 David John Holmes Smithkline Beecham Limited 32
#35 Thomas Keyer Depuy Synthes Products 32
#35 Sean M. O'Connor Unl Holdings 32
#40 Glen Pierson Depuy Synthes Products 31
#40 James Kenney Drummond Scientific 31
#40 Richard O. Warther Vanguard Identification Systems 31
#43 Howard Hershey Pioneer (Corteva) 30
#43 Scott Kramer Vdyne 30
#45 John F. Cvinar Gi Dynamics 29
#45 David L. Thorn E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 29
#45 Robert N. Cochran Arco Chemical Technology 29
#45 Marc B. Goldfinger E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 29
#45 Francis G. Dwyer ExxonMobil 29
#45 Gangfeng Cai Chevron 29

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