Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, DC ranks #267 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 443 patents from 279 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, DC include Unknown, Georgetown University, IBM. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 279 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris J. Katopis Unknown 24
2 Ophir Frieder Georgetown University 11
3 Andrew Wright IBM 9
#4 Aik Chindapol Sprint Spectrum 8
#5 Zia Chishti Afiniti 7
#6 John P. Bufe, III IBM 6
#6 Matthew J. McMahon Second Sight Medical Products 6
#8 Graham Pulliam I4C Innovations 5
#8 Yair Oren Corning Optical Communications Wireless 5
#8 John S. Lettow Vorbeck Materials 5
#11 Venigalla B. Rao Catholic University Of America 4
#11 Elan Joel Blutinger Alpine Audio Now 4
#11 Andrew Saab US Air Force 4
#11 Brian C. Schimpf IBM 4
#11 Peter Kwong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 4
#16 Thomas Charles Clancy, III Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 3
#16 Anton Vuljaj 3
#16 Lawrence Edmund Jones Alstom Technology 3
#16 C. Richter King Genvec 3
#16 Andrew D. Robertson Emc Ip Holding Company 3
#16 Arnold L. Berman Rkf Engineering Solutions 3
#16 Alexander Hoke Skatell 3
#16 Frankie E. Patman Maguire IBM 3
#16 David Preston Cummins Xerox 3
#16 Richard Lee McKinney Acceleration Systems 3
#16 Sean Cunningham Fireeye 3
#16 Amrit Bandyopadhyay Trx Systems 3
#16 Kyle Teamey Liquid Light 3
#16 Carl Joseph Sceusa 3
#30 Jeffrey R. Collmann Georgetown University 2
#30 Scott Conrad Markley Rkf Engineering Solutions 2
#30 Benjamin Graber US Air Force 2
#30 Ivo M. Francischetti The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 2
#30 Muhammad Chishti Align Technology 2
#30 Jay Patel Flexreceipts 2
#30 Marshall L. Summar Vanderbilt University 2
#30 Marius George Linguraru Children'S National Medical Center 2
#30 Bret Kugelmass Airphrame 2
#30 Salil Ahuja IBM 2
#30 James Martin Overstock.Com 2
#30 Reza Seifabadi The Johns Hopkins University 2
#30 Irving W. Wainer The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 2
#30 Patrick J. Malloy Riverbed Technology 2
#30 Geetu Ambwani Comcast 2
#30 Charbel Moussa Georgetown University 2
#30 Jessica A. Stolee George Washington University 2
#30 James D. Ward Delphi Technologies 2
#30 Kwok Tom LG 2
#30 William P. Wiesmann Synedgen 2
#30 Tim O'Brien Master-Halco 2

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