Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Milton, MA ranks #1,768 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 74 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Milton, MA include The General Hospital, Color Kinetics Incorporated, Acushnet. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Guoan Li The General Hospital 4
1 Ihor Lys Color Kinetics Incorporated 4
1 James M. Feeney Acushnet 4
1 Sarah R. Gillis The Boston Beer 4
#5 Paul F. Kinnucan The Mathworks 3
#5 Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva 3
#7 Fu-Gang Zhu Idera Pharmaceuticals 2
#7 Allen P. Smith PayPal 2
#7 Dan O'Connor IBM 2
#7 Richard van den Bosch Audiobyte 2
#7 Frank Schroth PayPal 2
#7 Jonathan C. Crowell Oceanserver Technology 2
#7 Ulliyada Bopanna Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. 2
#7 Anne-Laure Grillot Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2
#7 David Leggett Boston Biomedical 2
#7 Andrew J. Speck Schlumberger Technology 2
#7 Sara Dziedzic Depuy Synthes Products 2
#7 Russell Zahniser Roche Diagnostics Hematology 2
#7 Daniel McKay Merck 2
#20 George Ampomah 1
#20 Jonathan Paul Bultmeyer Novell 1
#20 Carl J. Sukeforth Monahan Products 1
#20 Judie McClean 1
#20 Thaddeus P. Dryja Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary 1
#20 Joseph David Lussier The Procter & Gamble 1
#20 Elaine B. Krueger Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 1
#20 Julien Collard-Seguin 1
#20 Roy A. Thompson Ric Investments 1
#20 Massimiliano Versace Neurala 1
#20 Keith A. Swenson The Gillette Company 1
#20 David Fleming Gallagher 1
#20 Elias Elias Associates Of Cape Cod, Incorporated 1
#20 Frederick R. Taylor Biogen Ma 1
#20 Rodney Horton Applied Cardiovascular Solutions 1
#20 Douglas L. Tillotson Ionoptix 1
#20 Kenneth E. Hancock Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary 1
#20 William Matthew Dickerson Bioscale 1
#20 Mary Hedin 1
#20 Paul Boyd Oracle 1
#20 Andrew Gouldstone Northwestern University 1
#20 Mark E. Lindenfelzer Mucell Extrusion 1
#20 Clinton Alawn Krueger Excellims 1
#20 John M. Moses 1
#20 Brian William Cataldo The Gillette Company 1
#20 Gayle Martinez Rock-Tenn Shared Services 1

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