Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Baltimore, MD ranks #148 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 785 patents from 466 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Baltimore, MD include Unstoppable Domains, The Johns Hopkins University, IBM. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 466 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lisa Seacat DeLuca Unstoppable Domains 77
2 Kenneth W. Kinzler The Johns Hopkins University 10
2 Bert Vogelstein The Johns Hopkins University 10
#4 Charles E. Beller IBM 8
#4 Thomas Elliot Rabe The Procter & Gamble 8
#4 Daniel Michael Leo Thermochem Recovery International 8
#4 William Albert Tartal United States Postal Service 8
#8 Tylan A. Tschopp Black & Decker 7
#8 David Dombrow Under Armour 7
#8 Justin Hanes The Johns Hopkins University 7
#11 Alok Singh US Air Force 6
#11 Martin G. Pomper The Johns Hopkins University 6
#11 Hamilton Sean Michael Whitney Thermochem Recovery International 6
#11 Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen The Johns Hopkins University 6
#15 Matthew J. Velderman Black & Decker 5
#15 Fraser M. Smith Sarcos 5
#15 Jie Xiao Battelle Memorial Institute 5
#15 Justin X. Howe Mastercard 5
#15 Alan Guyan Under Armour 5
#20 Alex Flamm Ucb Biopharma Srl 4
#20 Whitney Enck Under Armour 4
#20 John-Francis Mergen RTX (Raytheon) 4
#20 David B. Lee Black & Decker 4
#20 Daniel F. Heck Black & Decker 4
#20 Victor Velculescu The Johns Hopkins University 4
#20 Jonathan Ling Alcatel Lucent 4
#20 Daniel Puzio Black & Decker 4
#20 Michael Tsapatsis University of Minnesota 4
#29 Colin M. Crosby Black & Decker 3
#29 Zachary Kyle Keane 3
#29 Matthew M. Patton Oath (Americas) 3
#29 Steven M. Falk GE 3
#29 Jennifer R Soliz US Army 3
#29 Zhiguang Xu Huawei 3
#29 Bal Mukund Dhar The Johns Hopkins University 3
#29 Brian Boring Under Armour 3
#29 Audra Lynn Stinchcomb Alltranz 3
#29 Scott Laing Under Armour 3
#29 Marcus Piña Under Armour 3
#29 Okhee Jeon Buck Institute For Research On Aging 3
#29 Scott Dorfman Organovo 3
#29 Michael Keidar George Washington University 3
#29 Gregory D. Hager The Johns Hopkins University 3
#29 Stefan Campbell Dehaseth Bd Kiestra B.V. 3
#29 Hasan Ertan Cetingul Siemens Healthcare Limited 3
#29 Thomas Eliott Rabe The Procter & Gamble 3
#29 Helene Christman Under Armour 3
#29 Seulki Lee Samsung 3
#29 Ralph Hruban The Johns Hopkins University 3
#50 Jiwon RYU Samsung 2

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