Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brookline, MA ranks #114 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 930 patents from 399 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brookline, MA include IBM, Xyleco, Boston Scientific Scimed. That works out to 14.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 399 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ali Khakifirooz IBM 185
2 Marshall Medoff Xyleco 39
3 Michael S. H. Chu Boston Scientific Scimed 16
#4 William F. Ganong, III Microsoft 12
#5 Duco W. Noordzij Gentex 10
#6 Chun Chin Liu Unknown 9
#7 Peter Schmitt Meadox Medicals 8
#8 Svetlana B. Radovanov Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 7
#8 Alexandr Veprinsky Emc 7
#8 Doron Harlev Affera 7
#11 Dennis Doughty Jumptap 6
#11 Sylvain Paris Adobe 6
#11 Timothy P. Butler Tego 6
#11 Amnon Naamad Emc 6
#11 Matthew Christopher Merck 6
#11 Helen S. Raizen Emc 6
#11 Matthew T. Currie TSMC 6
#11 Johanna Lisa Dwyer Blackberry Limited 6
#11 Jill C. Milne Catabasis Pharmaceuticals 6
#20 Elliott Ashley Moseman Harvard University 5
#20 Faramarz Mahnad Oracle 5
#20 Brett Curry Smith & Wesson 5
#20 Scott A. Bortoff Mitsubishi Electric 5
#20 Robert E. Cohen MIT 5
#20 John Chuang Litl 5
#20 Anne Elenore Borsanyi 5
#27 Greg E. Blonder AT&T 4
#27 Dirk Robert Englund MIT 4
#27 Jack I. Hanoka 7Ac Technologies 4
#27 John MacLean Lycera 4
#27 Daniel Kestenbaum Sharkninja Operating 4
#27 Thorsten Knobloch The Procter & Gamble 4
#27 Elazer R. Edelman MIT 4
#27 James F. Cameron Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 4
#27 Kaan Onarlioglu Emc 4
#27 Andrew Jones Manta Devices 4
#27 Sava Cvek Stylex 4
#27 Ming Qian Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 4
#27 Dan Aharoni Emc 4
#27 Jerzy Olejnik Ambergen 4
#27 Dvir Yelin The General Hospital 4
#42 Matthew De Remer Transmedics 3
#42 Daniel George Koulomzin Google 3
#42 Shao-Yong Chen The University Of Toledo 3
#42 Max Edward Metral PayPal 3
#42 Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio Amazon 3
#42 Wang Chen The Mathworks 3
#42 Jose Halperin Harvard University 3
#42 Igor Muravyov T6 Health Systems 3
#42 Nikos Basil Reppas Joule Unilimited Technologies 3

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