Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sandy Hook, CT ranks #1,330 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 100 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sandy Hook, CT include IBM, Covidien Lp, Fox Factory. That works out to 11.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kenneth P. Rodbell IBM 11
1 Gary A. Tressler IBM 11
3 Frank J. Viola Covidien Lp 10
#4 Mario Galasso Fox Factory 9
#5 Scott McLean Spine Wave 7
#5 Igor Cherepinsky Sikorsky Aircraft 7
#7 P. Spencer Kinsey Mannkind 5
#8 Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo IBM 4
#9 William A. Burbank Intuitive Surgical 3
#10 Vincenzo V. Diluoffo IBM 2
#10 Kenneth S. Wittmer Sikorsky Aircraft 2
#10 Eric G. Liniger IBM 2
#10 Louis R. Ruggiero IBM 2
#10 Michael Daoust The Sun Products 2
#10 Christopher McDonnell Woven Orthopedic Technologies 2
#16 Robert J. Andrejczyk Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#16 Bruno Telesca PepsiCo 1
#16 Herman Vogel Asml Holding N.V. 1
#16 Timothy J. Makris Thule Sweden Ab 1
#16 Ryan W. Knapp Macton 1
#16 Gloria Kolb Fossa Medical 1
#16 Louis John Markoya Asml Holding N.V. 1
#16 Charles Allred 3Form 1
#16 Sanjaya Singh BOE 1
#16 Thomas A. Johnson 3Com 1
#16 Richard Simoneau 1
#16 Matthew Petrillo Disney 1
#16 Anna Elisabeth Verbeek Sprout Pharmaceuticals 1
#16 Anthony Graffeo 1
#16 Todd A. Zaniewski Concentrate Manufacturing Company Of Ireland 1
#16 Kenneth C. Schreiber Smiths Detection 1
#16 Stephen Harold Schumacher Nabholz Construction 1
#16 Eric Kolb Depuy Spine 1
#16 Salvatore A. Mola Preferred Utilities Manufacturing 1
#16 Sreeraj MACHA BOE 1
#16 Brendan Duffy Gudpod 1

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