Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Andover, MA ranks #365 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 360 patents from 188 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Andover, MA include Skyworks Solutions, IBM, Biogen International Neuroscience Gmbh. That works out to 37.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 188 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Scott Whitefield Skyworks Solutions 14
2 Andrew L. Schirmer IBM 8
3 Paul H. Weinreb Biogen International Neuroscience Gmbh 7
#4 Murali Aravamudan Veveo 6
#4 Fred G. Benkley, III Idex Biometrics Asa 6
#4 Sashikumar Venkataraman Veveo 6
#7 Jason Howard Messinger GE 5
#7 James E. Clark Lab Partners Associates 5
#7 Jaemoon Lee Samsung 5
#7 Shrenik Deliwala Analog Devices 5
#7 Lixin Qiao Bristol-Myers Squibb 5
#7 Jochen Kruecker Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 5
#7 Chih-Hsiang Ho E Ink Holdings 5
#7 Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble Cisco 5
#15 Sharon Shechter Karyopharm Therapeutics 4
#15 Luca Petruzzi Infineon Technologies Ag 4
#15 Michael Mueck Analog Devices 4
#15 Benjamin W. Edwards Schneider Electric Usa 4
#15 Yao-Ling Qiu Enanta Pharmaceuticals 4
#15 Thomas Bromander Corindus 4
#15 Atsushi Endo Eisai R&D Management Co. 4
#22 Francis G. Fang Eisai R&D Management Co. 3
#22 Markus Jork Juniper Networks 3
#22 Scott W. Duncan Luminus Devices 3
#22 Sean M. McDowell Nike 3
#22 Tao Yu Xiaomi 3
#22 Ali Can GE 3
#22 Kieran P. Harney Invensense 3
#22 Peter Thomas Colantonio Amazon 3
#22 Anil S. Sawkar All Purpose Networks 3
#22 Tim Wakeling Ab Initio Technology 3
#22 Rahul Banerjee Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 3
#22 Sean Bergan Cadence Design Systems 3
#22 Nasser Rafiee Medtronic 3
#22 Bon-Woong Koo Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 3
#22 Richard E. Gregg Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3
#22 Robert T. Carroll International Rectifier 3
#22 Bernard Joseph Savord Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3
#39 David Pinkney Hitachi Data Systems 2
#39 Christophe Masse Skyworks Solutions 2
#39 Joel M. Friedman Lightlab Imaging 2
#39 Chad Andrew Lloyd Schneider Electric Usa 2
#39 Takashi Satoh Eisai R&D Management Co. 2
#39 Peter Fry Qualcomm 2
#39 Elizabeth A. Brownholtz IBM 2
#39 Hung-sen Lai Trustees Of Tufts College 2
#39 Krzysztof Nowak Gigaphoton 2
#39 Wen Lin Juniper Networks 2
#39 Lori Debra Landesman IBM 2
#39 Youssef ABOU-HAWILI Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 2

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