Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Reading, MA ranks #964 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 131 patents from 75 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Reading, MA include Johnson & Johnson, Caterpillar, Merck. That works out to 5.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 75 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy G. Dietz Johnson & Johnson 9
2 Stephen R. Lewis Caterpillar 8
3 Alan B. Northrup Merck 7
#4 Richard J. Looby Lantheus Medical Imaging 4
#4 Nicholas P. T. Bateman Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 4
#4 Ulysses Gilchrist Brooks Automation Gmbh 4
#4 Jan-Pleun Lens GE 4
#4 William Kyle Nicholas Proprietary Limited 4
#9 Amy Ripka Hydra Biosciences 3
#9 Marc Philip Ortins The Gillette Company 3
#9 Mark J. Lim Ambergen 3
#9 Kevin Corley Smith & Nephew 3
#13 Paul J. Murphy Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 2
#13 Charles Frederick Lloyd GE 2
#13 Todd Beaupre Depuy Ireland Unlimited 2
#13 Yibo Liu Polycom 2
#13 Karlin Jessen Osram Sylvania 2
#13 Henry C. Marsh, Jr. T Cell Sciences 2
#13 Lihe Su 2
#13 Lori Anne Neely T2 Biosystems 2
#13 Carl R. Strathmeyer Intel 2
#13 Martin Schmidt MIT 2
#13 Jeffrey P. Ciavarri Millennium Pharmaceuticals 2
#13 Kevin James Filipski Pfizer 2
#25 Denise O'Hara Genetics Institute 1
#25 Congshun Wang Agiltron 1
#25 Mark Michelman Seventh Sense Biosystems 1
#25 Gregory R. Schulz Bayer Healthcare 1
#25 Frederick E. Becker Thermo Power 1
#25 Boriana Milenova Oracle 1
#25 Kyle Anderson Dow Global Technologies 1
#25 Matthew A. Morton RTX (Raytheon) 1
#25 Kevin J. Clarke Oracle 1
#25 Matthew J. LaMarche 1
#25 Mark Agami Ametek 1
#25 Thomas J. Brukilacchio Innovations In Optics 1
#25 John Joseph Arena Teradyne 1
#25 Jianyu Zeng Cisco 1
#25 Ju-Lien Lim Emc 1
#25 Michael Conley Microsoft 1
#25 Joe Kinsella Broadcom 1
#25 Amie Stewart Empire Technology Development 1
#25 Marianne Donnelly Merck 1
#25 David Mark Krowitz Microsoft 1
#25 Zhihua He Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#25 Michael C. Bradford Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 1
#25 Roger Frechette Paratek Pharmaceuticals 1
#25 David J. Rouillard 1
#25 Louise Williams MIT 1
#25 Parris S. Wellman Amazon 1

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