Potomac, MD ranks #545 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 238 patents from 136 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Potomac, MD include Bank of America, Intel, Origin Wireless. That works out to 5.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–50 of 136 inventors
| Rank |
Inventor |
Primary Company |
Patents |
| 1 |
Elizabeth S. Votaw |
Bank of America |
17 |
| 2 |
Kamran Etemad |
Intel |
10 |
| 3 |
K. J. Ray Liu |
Origin Wireless |
8 |
| #4 |
Richard T. Lee |
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
6 |
| #5 |
Atousa Raissyan |
Kip Prod P1 Lp |
5 |
| #5 |
Reid W. von Borstel |
Wellstat Therapeutics |
5 |
| #7 |
Albert B. Deisseroth |
Microvax |
4 |
| #7 |
Peter Kiener |
Medimmune Limited |
4 |
| #7 |
Igor Berlin |
Corning Optical Communications |
4 |
| #10 |
Alberto Daniel Lacaze |
Robotic Research Opco |
3 |
| #10 |
Shiv Srivastava |
Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine |
3 |
| #10 |
Noel Terrence Southall |
The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services |
3 |
| #10 |
Yongping Yang |
The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services |
3 |
| #10 |
Ezio Bonvini |
Macrogenics |
3 |
| #10 |
Bala Subramaniam |
University Of Kansas |
3 |
| #10 |
Steven Chen |
Sirf Technology |
3 |
| #10 |
Stacie M. Goldberg |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
3 |
| #10 |
Robert C. Hagemann, III |
Twilio |
3 |
| #10 |
Yingxian Xiao |
Georgetown University |
3 |
| #10 |
Mihael H. Polymeropoulos |
US Dept of Health & Human Services |
3 |
| #10 |
Daguang Xu |
Siemens Healthcare Limited |
3 |
| #10 |
Gulilat Gebeyehu |
Thermo Fisher |
3 |
| #23 |
Yichen Xing |
Palantir Technologies |
2 |
| #23 |
Mark B. Johnson |
US Air Force |
2 |
| #23 |
Candace B. Pert |
US Dept of Health & Human Services |
2 |
| #23 |
Subha Madhavan |
Perthera |
2 |
| #23 |
Frances S. Ligler |
US Air Force |
2 |
| #23 |
Fred A Maynir-ducharme |
IBM |
2 |
| #23 |
Louis William Licamele |
Vanda Pharmaceuticals |
2 |
| #23 |
Omar Bilal Ayyub |
University Of Maryland, College Park |
2 |
| #23 |
Jeffrey Schlom |
US Dept of Health & Human Services |
2 |
| #23 |
Janardhanan Anand Subramony |
Medimmune Limited |
2 |
| #23 |
Clifford M. Snapper |
Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine |
2 |
| #23 |
Michael R. Ruff |
Creative Bio-Peptides |
2 |
| #23 |
Patrick Y. Lu |
Sirnaomics |
2 |
| #23 |
Sanjay A. Desai |
The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services |
2 |
| #23 |
Michael Bartman |
Sciencelogic |
2 |
| #23 |
Gryphon A. Drake |
US Navy |
2 |
| #23 |
Dennis Klinman |
US Dept of Health & Human Services |
2 |
| #23 |
Hao Zhang |
University Of Maryland, Baltimore |
2 |
| #23 |
Iris Rubin |
— |
2 |
| #23 |
Michael Jon Pishvaian |
Perthera |
2 |
| #23 |
James C. Chao |
Pharmaceutical Resources |
2 |
| #23 |
Xueling Wu |
The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services |
2 |
| #45 |
Thomas Shields |
Georgetown University |
1 |
| #45 |
Igor Abrosimov |
Acuid Corporation (Guernsey) Limited |
1 |
| #45 |
Jin-Oh Hahn |
Michigan State University |
1 |
| #45 |
Fengtian Xue |
Northwestern University |
1 |
| #45 |
Cynthia N. Oliver |
Medimmune Limited |
1 |
| #45 |
Eytan Abraham |
Lonza Walkersville |
1 |
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