Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Reading, MA ranks #1,122 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 118 patents from 72 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Reading, MA include Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Brooks Automation Gmbh, Tc1. That works out to 4.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 72 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Allen Berkshire Grey Operating Company 6
1 Ulysses Gilchrist Brooks Automation Gmbh 6
3 Kevin Bourque Tc1 5
#4 Alan B. Northrup Merck 4
#4 Parris S. Wellman Amazon 4
#4 Paul J. Murphy Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 4
#7 Timothy G. Dietz Johnson & Johnson 3
#7 Kevin Corley Smith & Nephew 3
#7 David Mark Krowitz Microsoft 3
#7 Amy Ripka Hydra Biosciences 3
#7 Matthew J. LaMarche Novartis Ag 3
#7 Mark J. Lim Ambergen 3
#13 Willem Kools Millipore 2
#13 Michael C. Bradford Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 2
#13 Michael Amaru 2
#13 Yibo Liu Polycom 2
#13 Cheryl Gaeta Jetstream Wine Technologies 2
#13 Nicholas P. T. Bateman Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 2
#13 Marianne Donnelly Merck 2
#13 Joe Thomas Littelfuse 2
#13 Kalyan Pisupati Philips Lighting Holding B.V. 2
#13 Kyle Jenkins Cole Haan 2
#13 Mark Cronin-Golomb Tufts University 2
#24 Jan-Pleun Lens GE 1
#24 Mark R. Jones Mevion Medical Systems 1
#24 Klarisa Rikova Cell Signaling Technology 1
#24 Jason Paul Hafer Xl Hybrids 1
#24 Bill Ziegler Authentic Knitting Board 1
#24 Mark A. Latina Ocular Instruments 1
#24 Karlin Jessen Osram Sylvania 1
#24 Xiang-Yang Tan Pfizer 1
#24 Deborah A. Leahy Smith & Nephew 1
#24 Jarrod M. Rivituso The Mathworks 1
#24 Dana Charles Finlayson Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 1
#24 Daniel K. Freeman Draper Laboratory 1
#24 Hian Kai Kwa Locus Robotics 1
#24 Nicole Nichols New England Biolabs 1
#24 John M. McCoy Genetics Institute 1
#24 Scott Alan Wuthrich Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 1
#24 John Joseph Arena Teradyne 1
#24 Amie Stewart Empire Technology Development 1
#24 James R. Hewitt Sharkninja Operating 1
#24 Peter Strack Merck 1
#24 Todd Beaupre Depuy Ireland Unlimited 1
#24 Zhihua He Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#24 Michael Cappillino Institute For Environmental Health 1
#24 Kenneth Flanders Analog Devices 1
#24 Cynthia A. Gill Als Therapy Development Institute 1
#24 Naomi Vishnupad Rxomeg Therapeutics 1
#24 David G. Sanford Bach Biosciences 1

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