Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Buffalo, NY ranks #1,961 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 67 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buffalo, NY include Qualcomm, Cook Medical Technologies, Baxter International. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jack C. Kitchens Qualcomm 8
2 Richard W. Ducharme Cook Medical Technologies 5
3 Tuan Bui Baxter International 4
#4 Thomas E. Gerber Ingersoll-Rand 3
#4 Mark Evans Brighton Amazon 3
#4 Belma Demirel Rentech 3
#7 Khushnuma Koita Praxair Technology 2
#7 Martin Diz 2
#7 Christine Brooks Deroyal Industries 2
#7 John A. Carlin Parker-Hannifin 2
#7 Daniel R. Bednarek 2
#7 Jerome J. Schentag Therasyn Sensors 2
#13 Zainab Alkhamis 1
#13 Keith A. Blakely Advanced Refractory Technologies 1
#13 Robin Muir 1
#13 Michael C. Constantinou Taylor Devices 1
#13 Lauren Hoffman Primo Wind 1
#13 Jai Supamahitorn Austin Research Labs 1
#13 Ciprian Nicolae Ionita 1
#13 John Subjeck Health Research 1
#13 Ryan T. Klemetson Tolomatic 1
#13 Hayreddin Ceker Intel 1
#13 Michael S. Manning Praxair Technology 1
#13 Wayne D. Bacon Garwood Medical Devices 1
#13 Vikas Dhiman Nec 1
#13 Lawrencee Mielnicki 1
#13 David R. Meyne, JR. 1
#13 Andrei Bakin Emory University 1
#13 Jonathan P. Bird 1
#13 Stephen Rudin 1
#13 Yumiao Zhang 1
#13 Stefan Vujcic Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 1
#13 Renee LaLonde Rich Products 1
#13 Rohan Bansal Georgia Tech Research 1
#13 Van DiBernardo 1
#13 Chester V. Swiatek Ingersoll-Rand 1
#13 Linda Smith 1
#13 William Przysinda 1
#13 Billy Carman 1
#13 Gerald Lewis Strickland, Jr. 1
#13 Luanne DiBernardo 1

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