Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY ranks #97 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 1,053 patents from 259 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poughkeepsie, NY include IBM, Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences, The Boeing. That works out to 33.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 259 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Casimer M. DeCusatis IBM 46
1 Fadi Y. Busaba IBM 46
3 Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. IBM 43
#4 Levi A. Campbell IBM 39
#5 Charles W. Gainey, Jr. IBM 37
#6 Jonathan D. Bradbury IBM 35
#7 Huilong Zhu Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 34
#8 Roger R. Schmidt IBM 32
#9 Robert E. Simons IBM 29
#10 Eric J. McKeever IBM 17
#11 Haizhou Yin Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 15
#11 Harry M. Yudenfriend IBM 15
#11 Viraj Y. Sardesai IBM 15
#14 Steven R. Carlough IBM 14
#15 Toshiaki Kirihata IBM 12
#15 Amilcar R. Arvelo IBM 12
#17 Robert J. Miller The Boeing 11
#17 Zhijiong Luo Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 11
#19 Charles L. Arvin IBM 10
#19 Patrick J. Meaney IBM 10
#21 Patricia G. Driever IBM 9
#21 Jonathan T. Hsieh IBM 9
#21 Robert K. Mullady IBM 9
#24 Matthias Klein IBM 8
#24 Maharaj Mukherjee IBM 8
#24 Vincent J. McGahay IBM 8
#24 Dale F. Riedy IBM 8
#24 Peter G. Sutton IBM 8
#24 Alan F. Benner IBM 8
#30 Pak-kin Mak IBM 7
#30 Prabjit Singh IBM 7
#32 Arthur J. O'Neill IBM 6
#32 Dustin W. Demetriou IBM 6
#32 James R. Mitchell IBM 6
#35 Daniel F. Casper IBM 5
#35 James P. Gilchrist IBM 5
#35 Tsai-Yang Jea IBM 5
#35 Phil C. Yeh IBM 5
#35 Michael J. Cadigan, Jr. IBM 5
#35 Gary A. Van Huben IBM 5
#35 John A. Fitzsimmons IBM 5
#35 Andrew Tae Kim IBM 5
#35 Deanna Postles Dunn Berger IBM 5
#35 Peter D. Driever IBM 5
#45 Norman Chen Globalfoundries 4
#45 Emily R. Kinser IBM 4
#45 William P. Kostenko IBM 4
#45 John G. Torok IBM 4
#45 Hanhong Xue IBM 4
#45 Richard K. Errickson IBM 4

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