Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

York, PA ranks #746 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,549 patents from 933 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in York, PA include Graham Packaging Company, Fci Americas Technology, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.. That works out to 101.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 933 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sheldon E. Yourist Graham Packaging Company 198
2 Steven E. Minich Fci Americas Technology 115
3 Douglas M. Johnescu Fci Americas Technology 97
#4 Timothy B. Billman Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 75
#5 Darren B. Moss Black & Decker 60
#6 Stephen Lundy Lutron Technology Company 51
#7 Michael Lawrence Gurreri Tyco Electronics Co. 49
#8 Murali K. Akkapeddi 48
#9 Daryl S. Meredith Black & Decker 46
#10 David B. Heisner Graham Packaging Company 44
#11 Duane Sawyer Deborah Adler 40
#12 John Denner Co2Pac Limited 39
#13 Lewis R. Johnson Fci Americas Technology 37
#13 Kevin Michael Thackston Tyco Electronics Co. 37
#15 Juergen D. Conrad Symbotic 35
#15 Ivan Jadric Johnson Controls Technology 35
#17 Curtis Christian Crane Johnson Controls Technology 34
#17 Ronald P. Locati Stewart Connector Systems 34
#17 Darrell Wertz Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 34
#20 Donald K. Harper, Jr. Fci Americas Technology 33
#21 Ammon David Lentz Becton, Dickinson And 32
#22 Michael Scholeno Fci Americas Technology 31
#23 Gregory A. Hull Fci Americas Technology 30
#24 Anthony J. Schlies Graham Packaging Company 29
#25 Charles S. Pickles Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 27
#26 Keith McQuilkin Murr Tyco Electronics Co. 26
#26 Mustafa K. Yanik Johnson Controls Technology 26
#26 Matthew K. Musho Bayer Healthcare 26
#26 Scott David Barnhart Arx 26
#30 Mark R. Gray Fci Americas Technology 24
#30 Paul W. Snell Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 24
#30 Robert Brennan Stewart Stamping 24
#33 Steven Michael Weinrich Invensys Systems 23
#33 Benjamin J. Sun Dentsply International 23
#33 Satheesh Kulankara Johnson Controls Technology 23
#33 Richard D. Marowsky Bel Fuse 23
#37 Robert G. Kusmierski Black & Decker 22
#38 Rajiv K. Karkhanis Johnson Controls Technology 21
#38 John C. Collier Burndy 21
#38 Andrew Lichkus Dentsply International 21
#38 Douglas A. Kester Johnson Controls Technology 21
#38 Charles M. Gross Fci Americas Technology 21
#38 Justin P. Kauffman Johnson Controls Technology 21
#44 Erik Ekstrom Black & Decker 20
#45 Nicole Green Tropicana Products 19
#46 Jeremy Kile Dentsply International 18
#46 Justin Wagner Sentinel Connector Systems 18
#46 J. Hilbert Anderson Sea Solar Power 18
#46 Louis H. Tateosian Dentsply Research And Development 18
#46 Barry E. Lehman Cnh America 18

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