Durham, CT ranks #2,739 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 42 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Durham, CT include Cidra Corporate Services, Covidien Lp, IBM. That works out to 11.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian V. O'Keefe | Cidra Corporate Services | 6 |
| 1 | Thomas Wenchell | Covidien Lp | 6 |
| 3 | Gene L. Brown | IBM | 5 |
| #4 | David Marran | Thermo Fisher | 3 |
| #4 | B. Narasimhulu Naidu | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 3 |
| #4 | Paul Spahr | Societe Bic | 3 |
| #7 | Peter W. Gavin | Polylok | 2 |
| #7 | Aaron Thiel | Disney | 2 |
| #7 | Thomas J. Oravits | Davis-Standard | 2 |
| #10 | Andrew Miesse | Covidien Lp | 1 |
| #10 | Noel W. Roberts | Thule Sweden Ab | 1 |
| #10 | Patrick R. Carey | RTX (Raytheon) | 1 |
| #10 | William Evans Turner | Aps Technology | 1 |
| #10 | Kurt Zimmermann | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1 |
| #10 | Julie A. Lemm | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1 |
| #10 | Brian Lee Venables | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1 |
| #10 | Kenneth M. Boy | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1 |
| #10 | Charles O. Stanwood | Cyvek | 1 |
| #10 | James C. McCandless | Edgewell Personal Care Brands | 1 |
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