New York — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in New York 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Rochester, NY	1,245	731
#2	New York, NY	994	643
#3	Webster, NY	380	203
#4	Fairport, NY	271	156
#5	Brooklyn, NY	261	181
#6	Schenectady, NY	225	125
#7	Poughkeepsie, NY	212	133
#8	Penfield, NY	168	92
#9	Pittsford, NY	158	98
#10	Yorktown Heights, NY	128	84
#11	Wappingers Falls, NY	123	72
#12	Clifton Park, NY	122	79
#13	Great Neck, NY	121	97
#14	Ithaca, NY	112	86
#15	Corning, NY	100	71
#16	Endicott, NY	99	68
#17	Niskayuna, NY	91	45
#18	Hopewell Junction, NY	87	56
#19	Scotia, NY	86	55
#20	Williamsville, NY	83	53
#21	Ossining, NY	78	50
#22	Tokyo, NY	77	28
#23	Spencerport, NY	73	35
#24	Vestal, NY	70	44
#25	Syracuse, NY	66	46

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Robert J. Kurtz	New York	Bioresearch	27
2	Yulin Chiang	Clay	Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals	18
3	John T. Houlihan	Fayetteville	Timex	16
3	Edward P. Furlani	Lancaster	Eastman Kodak	16
#5	John J. Niedospial, Jr.	Rochester	Eastman Kodak	15
#6	John Hutton	New York	Donghia Furniture	14
#6	Thomas H. DiStefano	Bronxville	Tessera	14
#6	Jacob Emert	Brooklyn	ExxonMobil	14
#9	Josh Zeitman	Brooklyn	Lenoxx Electronics	12
#10	Stanley W. Stephenson	Spencerport	Eastman Kodak	11
#10	Donald Spector	New York	Unknown	11
#10	Charles F. Webb	Wappingers Falls	IBM	11
#10	Timothy A. Stevens	Monroe	Becton, Dickinson And	11
#10	Roy Lonnie Blank	Spring Valley	Richardson-Vicks	11
#10	Jude S. Sauer	Pittsford	—	11
#10	Dennis R. Zander	Rochester	Eastman Kodak	11
#17	Thomas J. Errico	New York	Spinecore	10
#17	John C. Crawford	Mahopac	Colgate-Palmolive	10
#17	Stanley W. Cowan	Rochester	Eastman Kodak	10
#17	Bruce E. Thayer	Spencerport	Xerox	10
#17	Vlado I. Matkovich	Glen Cove	Danaher	10
#17	Joseph Anscher	Huntington	National Molding	10
#17	Peter Gold	Rockville Centre	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	10
#17	Thomas C. Gsell	Levittown	Danaher	10
#17	David C. Smart	Penfield	Eastman Kodak	10