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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willowick, OH ranks #6,342 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 387 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willowick, OH include The Standard Oil, The Little Tikes, Lincoln Global. That works out to 27.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christos Paparizos The Standard Oil 55
2 Robert L. Houry The Little Tikes 40
3 Joseph R. Brusky Lincoln Global 22
#4 James P. Roski The Lubrizol 20
#5 Leonard F. Plut Picker International 15
#6 Andrew B. Logar Waxman Consumer Products Group 13
#7 James J. Schwind The Lubrizol 11
#8 Richard D. Jenne Bevcorp 10
#8 Bryan S. Reiger Swagelok 10
#10 Stephen C. Pyke The Standard Oil 9
#10 Joey B. Adkins Unknown 9
#12 Daniel J. Knapton The Lubrizol 8
#13 Thomas F. Fiore Hy-Ko Products Company 7
#14 Betty L. Berdan Gould 6
#14 Raymond Golden The Babcock & Wilcox 6
#14 Donald J. Hirz The Sherwin-Williams 6
#14 Melinda E. Bartlett The Lubrizol 6
#18 Ronald A. Brown Allen-Bradley Company 5
#19 Jacin C. Barnes Picker International 4
#19 Ron Abramczyk Ironhawk Industrial Distribution 4
#19 George P. Dudash Preformed Line Products 4
#19 Robert McCarthy Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 4
#19 Charles W. Fetheroff Trw Limited 4
#19 Betty M. Luce Gould 4
#19 Kevin J. Stambaugh Bwxt Mpower 4
#19 Mike Keith Intel 4
#19 Gary W. Wiggins The Lubrizol 4
#19 Ian Hugh Cook American Sterilizer 4
#29 Wayne A. Kruper Imperial Clevite 3
#29 John J. Kuwik Ohio Nuclear 3
#29 William J. Metzger Midland-Ross 3
#29 Benjamin Veres The Euclid Chemical 3
#29 James R. Fotheringham Caterpillar 3
#29 Ray H. Shaw Sandvik Rock Tools 3
#29 Gary M. Thut Pepperl+Fuchs Gmbh 3
#29 Lawrence J. Kocurek The Lubrizol 3
#29 Paul Podsobinski Rotor Tool 3
#29 Bill Molica Arzel Zoning Technology 3
#29 Steven H. Rigg Allen-Bradley Company 3
#40 Stephen V. O'Saben 2
#40 John J. Yagoda Elsag International B. V. 2
#40 Charles W. Rader General Motors 2
#40 Bradley A. Lafuse Allen-Bradley Company 2
#40 James T. Konishi 2
#40 John S. Lihwa Graco Minnesota 2
#40 Ronald M. Velichka Tremco Incorporated 2
#40 Melissa Rose Taylor Cook Medical Technologies 2
#40 Robert D. Lowery 3M 2
#40 John Capp GE 2
#40 Joseph K. Iveljic Swagelok 2

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