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Washington, DC 2018

600 patents  ·  361 inventors  ·  0.9/1k pop.

Ranked #196 of 41,834 cities Top 1%

Washington, DC ranks #196 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 600 patents from 361 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, DC include Unknown, Afiniti, Capital One Services. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 361 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris J. Katopis Unknown 24
2 Zia Chishti Afiniti 22
3 Adam Koeppel Capital One Services 16
#4 Andrew Wright IBM 14
#5 Ophir Frieder Georgetown University 9
#6 Brian C. Schimpf IBM 7
#6 Luke A. Hammock Capital One Services 7
#6 John S. Lettow Vorbeck Materials 7
#9 Thomas N. CHASE JPMorgan Chase 6
#9 Peter Kwong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 6
#11 Shimon Modi Accenture Global Services Limited 5
#11 Lusio Filiba Cochrane Usa 5
#11 Edward G. Katz IBM 5
#14 Irving W. Wainer The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 4
#14 John P. Bufe, III IBM 4
#14 John McKinstry Doyle Palantir Technologies 4
#14 Hampton Boone Maher Abl Ip Holding 4
#14 Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith JPMorgan Chase 4
#14 Robin Stewart Salesforce 4
#14 Mark Chang Google 4
#14 Jim E. Lee United States Postal Service 4
#14 Richard C. Peet Teewinot Technologies Limited 4
#23 Arnold L. Berman Rkf Engineering Solutions 3
#23 Marc Currie US Air Force 3
#23 Toby Rogers The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 3
#23 Wadad Alsalmi Catholic University Of America 3
#23 John P. Kelvie Xappmedia 3
#23 Scott Conrad Markley Rkf Engineering Solutions 3
#23 Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira Capital One Services 3
#23 Jeremy T. Robinson US Air Force 3
#23 Spencer Perkins Vorbeck Materials 3
#23 Keith E. Whitener US Air Force 3
#23 Venigalla B. Rao Catholic University Of America 3
#23 James R. Butler Analog Devices 3
#23 Kevin A. Gray Verenium 3
#23 Faheem Sandhu K2M 3
#23 Jeffrey David Karceski Bombardier 3
#23 Michael M. Myers Xappmedia 3
#23 Franklin D. Raines Xappmedia 3
#23 Clint J. Novotny 3M 3
#23 Sean Cunningham Fireeye 3
#23 Jesse A. Frantz US Navy 3
#23 Erik Shilts Opower 3
#23 Chadwick Lawrence Canedy US Navy 3
#23 Louise Brooks Vorbeck Materials 3
#46 Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade Amazon 2
#46 James M. Kaiser Kaiser Enterprises 2
#46 Rhonda C. Kines Aura Biosciences 2
#46 Patrick C. Cesarano Proxy Technologies 2
#46 Daniel Knight Sparacin Aurrion 2

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