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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sandy Hook, CT ranks #1,241 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 103 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sandy Hook, CT include IBM, Spine Wave, Covidien Lp. That works out to 11.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary A. Tressler IBM 16
2 Scott McLean Spine Wave 12
3 Frank J. Viola Covidien Lp 11
#4 P. Spencer Kinsey Mannkind 7
#5 Kenneth P. Rodbell IBM 6
#5 Mario Galasso Fox Factory 6
#7 Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo IBM 5
#8 Vincenzo V. Diluoffo IBM 4
#8 Michael A. Hoyack Amphenol 4
#10 Sanjaya Singh BOE 3
#10 William A. Burbank Intuitive Surgical 3
#10 Eric Kolb Depuy Spine 3
#13 Julia D. Truchsess Avedis Zildjian 2
#13 Herman Vogel Asml Holding N.V. 2
#13 Ryan W. Knapp Macton 2
#13 John Glaberson Coopersurgical 2
#13 Igor Cherepinsky Sikorsky Aircraft 2
#13 Louis R. Ruggiero IBM 2
#19 Louis John Markoya Asml Holding N.V. 1
#19 Penelope Martens 1
#19 Brendan Duffy Gudpod 1
#19 Timothy R. Stango Hologic 1
#19 Lorenzo J. de la Vega IBM 1
#19 Christopher McDonnell Woven Orthopedic Technologies 1
#19 Carlos L. DeFigueiredo Pitney Bowes 1
#19 Paul Mayer Pitney Bowes 1
#19 Timothy M. Byrne Ingevity South Carolina 1
#19 Kenneth S. Wittmer Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#19 Eric G. Liniger IBM 1

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