Dover, DE ranks #3,322 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 39 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dover, DE include Medtronic, Newphotonics, Symyx Technologies. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl D. Wahlstrand | Medtronic | 9 |
| 2 | Noureddine Melikechi | Newphotonics | 2 |
| 2 | Huaibing Liu | — | 2 |
| 2 | James Bennett | Symyx Technologies | 2 |
| 2 | Ryan Lester | Cyph | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Pierson | Dentsply Sirona | 2 |
| 2 | Mukti Rana | — | 2 |
| 2 | Eric Stern | Selux Diagnostics | 2 |
| #9 | Travis Morgan | Stryker | 1 |
| #9 | Tony R. McKee | Ilc Dover Ip | 1 |
| #9 | Aroon Ashish Khatter | — | 1 |
| #9 | Jacob Zerby | Ffi Ionix Ip | 1 |
| #9 | Howard E. Wells, IV | Preferred Utilities Manufacturing | 1 |
| #9 | Evan Schnell | Medtronic | 1 |
| #9 | Jaime Damiany Cardona | — | 1 |
| #9 | Bryant Zadegan | Cyph | 1 |
| #9 | William Parmelee | — | 1 |
| #9 | Todd Sack | Becton, Dickinson And | 1 |
| #9 | Herman Wallace | US Air Force | 1 |
| #9 | Richard G. Thomas | JPMorgan Chase | 1 |
| #9 | George Jarmon | Playtex Products | 1 |
| #9 | Marcus J. Carey | Reliaquest Holdings | 1 |
| #9 | Florin Ciobotaru | — | 1 |
| #9 | Christopher Turner | IBM | 1 |
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