Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, DC ranks #255 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 494 patents from 308 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, DC include Unknown, IBM, Afiniti. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 308 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris J. Katopis Unknown 22
2 Andrew Wright IBM 15
3 Zia Chishti Afiniti 10
#4 Jesse A. Frantz US Navy 7
#5 Stillman Bradish Radius Networks 6
#6 Thomas Charles Clancy, III Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 5
#6 Peter Kwong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 5
#6 Patrick Duffy Seattle Biomedical Research Institute 5
#9 Venigalla B. Rao Catholic University Of America 4
#9 John S. Lettow Vorbeck Materials 4
#9 Andrew Saab US Air Force 4
#9 Shimon Modi Accenture Global Services Limited 4
#9 Arnold L. Berman Rkf Engineering Solutions 4
#9 Luyu Yang Salesforce 4
#9 Dmitry Karshtedt Siluria Technologies 4
#16 Luke A. Hammock Capital One Services 3
#16 Scott Marquardt Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology America 3
#16 Steven C. Erwin US Air Force 3
#16 Louis M. Weiner Fox Chase Cancer Center 3
#16 C. Richter King Genvec 3
#16 Richard C. Peet Teewinot Technologies Limited 3
#16 Richard Tyler Curtis Opower 3
#16 Frankie E. Patman Maguire IBM 3
#16 Brandy J. White US Air Force 3
#16 John Goelet Lta 3
#16 Faheem Sandhu K2M 3
#16 Patrick C. Cesarano Proxy Technologies 3
#16 Michael McCartin Vivasure Medical Limited 3
#16 James M. Kaiser Kaiser Enterprises 3
#16 Rose Ellen Weisburgh Cooper Technologies 3
#16 Timothy Bach Appomni 3
#16 William Rodgers Ackerly Virtru 3
#16 Jurgen H. Daniel Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 3
#16 Irby J. Thompson, Jr. Forcepoint Federal Holdings 3
#16 Elan Joel Blutinger Alpine Audio Now 3
#16 Scott A. McDermott Aeroastro 3
#16 Alison Hill Lifestraw Sa 3
#16 Wadad Alsalmi Catholic University Of America 3
#16 Scott Conrad Markley Rkf Engineering Solutions 3
#16 Thor Sigvaldason 3
#16 John P. Bufe, III IBM 3
#16 Aik Chindapol Sprint Spectrum 3
#43 John M. Crain Princeton University 2
#43 Vinod Mohanan Oracle 2
#43 Patrick J. Malloy Riverbed Technology 2
#43 Anthony Sandler Children'S National Medical Center 2
#43 Travis Harrison Kroll Green Google 2
#43 Robel Y. Bekele US Navy 2
#43 Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith JPMorgan Chase 2
#43 Jeremy T. Robinson US Air Force 2

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