Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winchester, KY ranks #4,477 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 615 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winchester, KY include Lexmark International, Gte Products, Osram Sylvania. That works out to 32.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George Keith Parish Lexmark International 66
1 Thomas Eugene Pangburn Lexmark International 66
3 Gregory Alan Cavill Lexmark International 50
#4 Harald Portig Lexmark International 36
#5 Paul Timothy Spivey Lexmark International 29
#6 Steven W. Bergstedt Lexmark International 21
#7 Arnold E. Westlund, Jr. Gte Products 19
#8 Charles Alan Bast Lexmark International 17
#9 David Starling MacMillan Lexmark International 16
#10 Cory Nathan Hammond Lexmark International 15
#11 James E. Oetken Osram Sylvania 14
#12 Thomas Austin Fields Lexmark International 11
#12 Larry R. Fields Gte Products 11
#12 Peter R. Oeltgen University Of Kentucky 11
#15 Steven L. Meade Gte Products 10
#15 Gregory Daniel Creteau Lexmark International 10
#17 Stephen F. Newton IBM 9
#18 Kevin Poole Schaeffler 8
#18 Brian McElroy Toyota 8
#18 Michael W. Brown GE 8
#21 Ginger Shank Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 7
#22 James Winston Lawwill, Jr. IBM 6
#22 Kenneth D. Sebesta Flir Detection 6
#22 William G. Thiry Gte Products 6
#25 Michael Kelley Webb Lexmark International 5
#26 Robert Christopher Sbert Lexmark International 4
#26 Andrew B. Novian Toyota 4
#26 Robert L. Sainte Ssi Medical Services 4
#26 Travis A. Fenwick 4
#26 Jeffrey R. Wheeler Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting 4
#26 Clarence D. Puckett Gte Products 4
#32 G. George Balog Gte Products 3
#32 Michael Lenn Stefanski Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 3
#32 David J. Bowles IBM 3
#32 Clyde B. Kohl Gte Products 3
#32 Francis Antoine U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company 3
#32 Micah Needham Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 3
#32 Amanda Bridges Lexmark International 3
#32 Kyle Raney General Mills 3
#32 LeRoy Williams Link-Belt Cranes, L.P., Lllp 3
#32 Ronald L. Fields Lion Apparel 3
#32 Donald Reid Bush Lexmark International 3
#32 Kenneth W. Linville Lexmark International 3
#32 Michael Joseph Dattilo Lexmark International 3
#32 Roger Harmon Chief Automotive Systems 3
#32 Robert L. Wolf Square D 3
#47 Christopher E. Mahonski Gte Products 2
#47 John M. Starnes 2
#47 Robert A. Gayheart Spartus 2
#47 Cory Hammond Lexmark International 2

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