Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Westlake, OH ranks #1,706 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,958 patents from 434 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Westlake, OH include Johnson Level & Tool Mfg. Co., The Sherwin-Williams, Ranpak. That works out to 57.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 434 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy J. Wojciechowski Johnson Level & Tool Mfg. Co. 86
2 Edward Ray Goodwin, Jr. The Sherwin-Williams 66
3 Richard O. Ratzel Ranpak 62
#4 Gregory J. Mesaros Ewinwin 45
#5 Nick E. Stanca The Sherwin-Williams 43
#6 Nicholas E. Stanca Mag-Nif Incorporated 38
#7 Francis A. Papay Cleveland Clinic 35
#8 Guanghong Zheng Intel 25
#9 R. Brown Warner Jason Incorporated 24
#9 Ashok M. Adur Chemplex 24
#11 Darryl J. Costin Technolines, Lp 21
#12 Simon Melikian Recognition Robotics 20
#12 Matthew D. Tarler Cleveland Medical Devices 20
#14 Howard H. Bobry Albar 19
#14 Raymond J. Herrmann Bettcher Industries 19
#14 Shui-Jen Raymond Hsu Lubrizol Advanced Materials 19
#17 Rajasingh Israel GE 18
#18 Steven J. Reilly Barnes Group 17
#18 Joshua I. Rintamaki GE 17
#18 Stephanie Castro Bio-Pixel 17
#21 Raymond Scott Ling Progressive Casualty Insurance 16
#21 Mitchell Bailey Waxman Consumer Products Group 16
#21 Ching-Cheh Hung NASA 16
#24 Ryan Pereira Broadcom 15
#24 James J. McElroy Moen Incorporated 15
#24 Joseph A. DiDonato Cleveland Clinic 15
#24 Timothy Hess Schaeffler 15
#28 Jiannong Xu Milliken & 14
#28 Anthony V. Sainato Bintek 14
#28 James M. Borsuk Nordson 14
#28 Michael Elliott Galtronics Corporation 14
#28 Witold Bauer Allegiance 14
#33 Robert J. Custer Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 13
#33 Harish Radhakrishnan Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake 13
#33 Bruce M. Steinetz NASA 13
#36 Richard Beyer Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 12
#36 Issam Nemeh Biolectrics 12
#36 James B. Tyler Jason Incorporated 12
#36 Yu-Sen Chu Parker-Hannifin 12
#36 Thomas J. O'Donnell Island Intellectual Property 12
#36 Douglas R. Halley Julius Zorn 12
#42 Timothy P. Dever GE 11
#42 Tibor Kalnoki-Kis Union Carbide 11
#44 Stefan Vinca Logan Clutch 10
#44 Joel Tomlinson Hinkley Lighting 10
#44 Kenneth S. Espenschied Nordson 10
#44 Brian Bowman Graftech International Holdings 10
#48 Mark Dorenkott Truper, S.A, De C.V. 9
#48 Mark D. Vandayburg Intel 9
#48 Martin Zummersch Moen Incorporated 9

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