Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Framingham, MA ranks #440 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 300 patents from 156 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Framingham, MA include Intel, The Mathworks, IBM. That works out to 4.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 156 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gilbert M. Wolrich Intel 19
2 Pieter J. Mosterman The Mathworks 15
3 Garth A. Dickie IBM 14
#4 Richard J. Paolini, Jr. Nuclera 11
#5 Justin Guild Modernatx 7
#5 Hilmar Lehnert Sonos 7
#7 Jennifer H. Czerepinski Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 6
#8 Michael Louis Miller Immunogen 5
#9 Sue S. Lee Unknown 4
#9 Jonathan Moran Cummins 4
#9 Daniel M. Fogarty Hunter Douglas 4
#9 Richard A. Cooke Entegris 4
#9 Romesh R. Subramanian Dyne Therapeutics 4
#14 Pelham Norville Bose 3
#14 Brett Haarala Covidien Lp 3
#14 Jay Gainsboro Securus Technologies 3
#14 Dmitri Pal IBM 3
#14 Paul S. Charifson Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 3
#14 Tolga Nihat Aytek Disney 3
#14 Linda Engle Bristol-Myers Squibb 3
#14 John E. Memmott Abb Vie 3
#14 Julius F. Remenar Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited 3
#14 Michael M. Lipp Civitas Therapeutics 3
#14 Rachit Ohri Covidien Lp 3
#25 Jeffrey M. Goldberg Genzyme 2
#25 Carol Iturralde Cisco 2
#25 Zachary D. Siswick Cisco 2
#25 Naveen Bhatnagar Momenta Pharmaceuticals 2
#25 Daniel Ross Tengelsen Bose 2
#25 Shuwei Sun H.C. Starck 2
#25 Barry Berkowitz Temple Therapeutics Bv 2
#25 John A. Hingston Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#25 James Meador, III Momenta Pharmaceuticals 2
#25 Scotlund McIntosh US Army 2
#25 Xiangyun Ye Cognex 2
#25 James R. Rusche Biomarin Pharmaceutical 2
#25 Jason A. Viehland IBM 2
#25 Sateesha Nadabar Cognex 2
#25 Jozsef Patvarczki Wallrust 2
#25 Bela F. Asztalos Boston Heart Diagnostics 2
#25 Brandon D. Cash Merck 2
#25 Abraham Scaria Genzyme 2
#25 Daniel S. Roseman Shire Human Genetic Therapies 2
#25 Donald E. Chickering, III Acusphere 2
#25 Laszlo Otto Drimusz Bose 2
#25 Robert Tjin Tham Sjin Sanofi 2
#25 Prakash Venkatanarayanan Dell Products 2
#25 Bryce A. Harrison Morphic Therapeutic 2
#25 Daniel K. O'Reilly, Jr. Emc Ip Holding Company 2
#25 Rudolf Gilmanshin Flodesign Sonics 2

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