Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Westfield, IN ranks #1,672 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,996 patents from 283 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Westfield, IN include Dow Agrosciences, Pioneer (Corteva), Firestone Building Products Company. That works out to 43.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 283 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ricky Hunter Dow Agrosciences 66
2 Cristiano Lemes Da Silva Pioneer (Corteva) 62
3 Jiansheng Tang Firestone Building Products Company 61
#4 Tony K. Trullinger Dow Agrosciences 59
#5 Paul Gothard Knutson Thomson Licensing 53
#6 Alfred Charles Nelson Masco Corporation Of Indiana 51
#6 Terry R. Wright Dow Agrosciences 51
#8 Mark Gilmore Mears Thomson Licensing 45
#9 Max Ward Muterspaugh Thomson Licensing 44
#10 Steven R. Webb Dow Agrosciences 43
#11 Jason Beck Tyr Tactical 40
#12 Christian T. Lowe Dow Agrosciences 36
#12 David Lee Delta Faucet 36
#14 Joseph J. DeMark Dow Agrosciences 33
#14 James Carter Bach Haier Us Appliance Solutions 33
#16 Michael T. Sullenberger Dow Agrosciences 29
#16 Brian S. Alexander Bridgestone Firestone 29
#18 Craig A. Tieman Delphi Technologies 28
#19 Ronald Douglas Johnson Thomson Licensing 24
#20 Negar Garizi Dow Agrosciences 23
#20 Chris Dawson Nevro 23
#20 Keith Moskowitz Cellphire 23
#23 Jorge Moran Monsanto Technology 22
#23 Stephen Thomas Davis Transtech Pharma 22
#23 Stephen Novak Dow Agrosciences 22
#26 James F. Searcy Aptiv Technologies Ag 20
#26 Matthew R. Walsh Delphi Technologies 20
#28 Albert Khilevich Sarawak Medichem Pharmaceuticals 19
#28 Mahdi Thompson 19
#28 Michael L. Hiatt, Jr. Delphi Technologies 19
#31 Michael T. Elliott 17
#31 Bruce Van Natta Tepha 17
#31 Adam P. Cuzzort Prysm 17
#31 Timothy J. Sailors Masco Corporation Of Indiana 17
#31 Zehui Cao Dow Agrosciences 17
#36 Justin M. Kline The Braun 16
#36 Thomas G. Patterson Dow Agrosciences 16
#38 Michael Schnell Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 15
#39 Mick Trompen Nico 14
#39 Robert King Hearth Hounds 14
#41 Larry D. O'Cull Mako Surgical 13
#42 Alexandre M. S. Reis Borgwarner Us Technologies 12
#43 Duane D. Garloch Carrier 11
#43 David A. Ferrer Ameriflo 11
#45 Nicholas M. Irvine Dow Agrosciences 10
#45 Patrick Westfall Zymergen 10
#45 Robert F. Elliott Bfs Diversified Products 10
#45 Ruihua Ren Dow Agrosciences 10
#45 Laura E. Richards Boston Scientific Scimed 10
#50 Joel Dean Spencer Microbial Discovery Group 9

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