Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheeling, WV ranks #7,007 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 338 patents from 103 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheeling, WV include Silgan Plastics, Innovation Sciences, University Of British Columbia. That works out to 12.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 103 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary L. Mengeu Silgan Plastics 31
2 Nitesh Ratnakar Innovation Sciences 28
3 David W. Hunt University Of British Columbia 17
#4 Brian S. Bosworth Ignite Technologies 16
#5 Brian E. Joseph Touchstone Research Laboratory 15
#6 Robin E. Tirpak Miles 13
#7 Kevin L. Heilman Troy Group 11
#8 Brian Lewis Troy Group 10
#9 Ben Hitt Correlogic Systems 9
#9 James N. Rieck Bayer Healthcare 9
#11 Kevin Coleman Amgen 8
#12 Dwayne R. Morgan Touchstone Research Laboratory 7
#13 Howard L Shackelford, Jr. 6
#13 Douglas J. Merriman Touchstone Research Laboratory 6
#15 Scott D. Reed National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 5
#15 William Blair Pmg Co. 5
#15 Eisuke Otani Furukawa Electric Co. 5
#18 Gregg W. Wolfe Touchstone Research Laboratory 4
#18 Dennis Cook 4
#20 Elizabeth N. Kraftician Touchstone Research Laboratory 3
#20 Robert Flowers 3
#20 Carrie Gilson Troy Group 3
#20 George William Kalb Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 3
#20 William Thomas Bland Cabin Creek 3
#20 R. Anthony Cook Cabin Creek 3
#20 Joseph DiCarlo Matrix Technologies 3
#20 James Witzgall Touchstone Research Laboratory 3
#20 Bernard Lipscher 3
#20 Bernard McGee Respiratory Management Technology 3
#20 Stephen Chad Kanick Dartmouth College 3
#20 Nazih Youssef 3
#32 Jang K. Oh 2
#32 Challen W. Waychoff 2
#32 Federico Santini 2
#32 Scott A. Hand Rxi Plastics 2
#32 Ronald Stewart 2
#32 Gollapudi Murty Touchstone Research Laboratory 2
#32 Atul Khettry Bayer Materialscience Ag 2
#32 Matthew Vila Bayer Materialscience Ag 2
#32 Stephen Muryn 2
#32 Ramon Kalyanaraman Bayer Healthcare 2
#32 Fred Abraham Ppg Industries 2
#32 John D. Reggi Ormet 2
#32 Arsev H. Eraslan 2
#32 Phillip Carl 2
#32 Logen Kanngiesser Unknown 2
#32 Logan Hartle 2
#32 David Stiles 2
#32 Donald W. Kress 2
#32 Danton S. Long 2

Part of West Virginia