Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hopkinton, MA ranks #822 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 154 patents from 81 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hopkinton, MA include Seagate Technology, Emc, Broadcom. That works out to 58.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 81 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ara Patapoutian Seagate Technology 13
2 Roy E. Clark Emc 10
3 Peter Ashley Broadcom 7
#4 Kyle P. Moore Johnson & Johnson 6
#5 Jeffrey A. Karg Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland 5
#5 Ty Fairneny Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#5 Stephen E. Zale Bind Therapeutics 5
#8 Joseph M. Lamb Stratus Computer 4
#8 Qin Tao Emc Ip Holding Company 4
#8 Jay Ryan Torgerson The Mathworks 4
#8 Xuan Tang Emc Ip Holding Company 4
#12 Alexey Shvechkov Ca 3
#12 David A. Rezac Cerevasc 3
#12 Umar Faruk Mansoor Merck 3
#12 James Stefano Genzyme 3
#16 Martin W. Bayes Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 2
#16 Brian Branscomb Ciena 2
#16 Frank J. Csillag Saint-Gobain Abrasives 2
#16 Christopher TenHoor Dyax 2
#16 Li Wan Google 2
#16 Yong Gao Bose 2
#16 Aravind Pillarisetti The Mathworks 2
#16 Dennis P. Molnar Paratek Pharmaceuticals 2
#16 Dinah Wen-Yee Sah Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 2
#25 Henry Austin Spang, IV Emc Ip Holding Company 1
#25 Ryan C. Struzik Bose 1
#25 John M. Hardin Polaroid 1
#25 Sonal Ambwani Lightlab Imaging 1
#25 Christopher L. VANDEUSEN Artax Biopharma 1
#25 Katherine Hudson Lehigh University 1
#25 Greg Findlen Emc Ip Holding Company 1
#25 Pascal Gahinet The Mathworks 1
#25 Jacob J. Glover 1
#25 Michael C. Moed Cognex 1
#25 Stephen C. Steir Clearpoint Research 1
#25 Jennifer Keeler Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#25 Umer Toor Emc 1
#25 Barry Gold Quantum 1
#25 Gerald E. Cotter Emc 1
#25 Paul A. Czerepuszko Flir Systems 1
#25 H. Austin Spang, IV Emc 1
#25 Christopher A. Benning Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#25 Jason Pritchard Dell Products 1
#25 Gautam Pendse The Mathworks 1
#25 Savithri Vaidyanathan Cognex 1
#25 Sanjay Narahari Emc 1
#25 Kevin A. Schmidt Aspen Aerogels 1
#25 Thomas R. Phelan Unified Office 1
#25 Wen-Chun Zhang Noramco 1
#25 Ryan C. McDaniel Emc Ip Holding Company 1

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