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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sandy Hook, CT ranks #1,342 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 101 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sandy Hook, CT include Covidien Lp, IBM, Fox Factory. That works out to 11.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frank J. Viola Covidien Lp 18
2 Gary A. Tressler IBM 11
3 Kenneth P. Rodbell IBM 8
#4 Mario Galasso Fox Factory 5
#5 Scott McLean Spine Wave 4
#5 Timothy J. Makris Thule Sweden Ab 4
#5 William A. Burbank Intuitive Surgical 4
#5 Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo IBM 4
#5 Igor Cherepinsky Sikorsky Aircraft 4
#5 Sanjaya Singh BOE 4
#5 P. Spencer Kinsey Mannkind 4
#12 Michael A. Hoyack Amphenol 3
#12 Herman Vogel Asml Holding N.V. 3
#14 Christopher McDonnell Woven Orthopedic Technologies 2
#14 Ryan W. Knapp Macton 2
#14 Timothy R. Stango Hologic 2
#14 Julia D. Truchsess Avedis Zildjian 2
#14 Eric G. Liniger IBM 2
#14 Neil F. Baldino Pitney Bowes 2
#20 Rogelio P. Frutos BOE 1
#20 Kenneth S. Wittmer Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#20 Louis John Markoya Asml Holding N.V. 1
#20 Ron George Litke, Jr. Depuy Synthes Products 1
#20 Susan L Chapin Pitney Bowes 1
#20 Diane McCafferty Asml Holding N.V. 1
#20 Thomas A. Johnson 3Com 1
#20 Gloria Kolb Fossa Medical 1
#20 Robert J. Andrejczyk Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#20 Michael Charles Mangarella Georgia Tech Research 1
#20 Jayant G. Tatake 1
#20 Lorenzo J. de la Vega IBM 1
#20 Eric Kolb Depuy Spine 1

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