Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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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