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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY ranks #125 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 911 patents from 242 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poughkeepsie, NY include IBM, Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences, The Boeing. That works out to 28.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 242 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas D. Fitzsimmons IBM 28
2 Jonathan D. Bradbury IBM 26
3 Fadi Y. Busaba IBM 21
#4 Harry M. Yudenfriend IBM 19
#4 Robert K. Mullady IBM 19
#6 Charles L. Arvin IBM 18
#7 Huilong Zhu Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 17
#8 Steven R. Carlough IBM 16
#8 Yuk L. Chan IBM 16
#10 Roger R. Schmidt IBM 15
#11 Dale F. Riedy IBM 14
#11 James P. Gilchrist IBM 14
#13 Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. IBM 13
#13 Casimer M. DeCusatis IBM 13
#15 Charles W. Gainey, Jr. IBM 12
#15 Beth A. Glendening IBM 12
#17 Dustin W. Demetriou IBM 11
#17 Peter G. Sutton IBM 11
#17 Emily M. Metruck IBM 11
#17 Robert J. Miller The Boeing 11
#21 Budy D. Notohardjono IBM 10
#21 John G. Torok IBM 10
#21 Matthias Klein IBM 10
#21 Levi A. Campbell IBM 10
#21 Michael J. Fisher IBM 10
#26 Raymond M. Higgs IBM 9
#26 Rasit Onur Topaloglu IBM 9
#26 George P. Kuch IBM 9
#26 Michael A. Cracraft IBM 9
#30 Wayne M. Delia IBM 8
#30 Thomas Weiss Authentic Vision Gmbh 8
#30 Gary A. Van Huben IBM 8
#30 Tynan J. Garrett IBM 8
#30 Ali Y. Duale IBM 8
#30 William J. Lewis Lasko Holdings 8
#36 Louis P. Gomes IBM 7
#37 Stephen P. Glancy IBM 6
#37 Alan F. Benner IBM 6
#37 Frank R. LeFevre IBM 6
#37 Shailesh R. Gami IBM 6
#37 Allan C. VanDeventer IBM 6
#37 Shawn Canfield IBM 6
#43 David D. Cadigan IBM 5
#43 Eric J. McKeever IBM 5
#43 Jesse L. Farinacci IBM 5
#43 Viraj Y. Sardesai IBM 5
#43 John J. Loparco IBM 5
#43 John A. Fitzsimmons IBM 5
#43 Robert E. Simons IBM 5
#43 Jessica P. Doherty IBM 5

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