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Needham, MA 2019

275 patents  ·  147 inventors  ·  8.6/1k pop.

Ranked #543 of 44,084 cities Top 2%

Needham, MA ranks #543 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 275 patents from 147 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Needham, MA include Sharkninja Operating, Thermochem Recovery International, Merck. That works out to 8.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 147 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Owen R. Johnson Sharkninja Operating 13
2 Ravi Chandran Thermochem Recovery International 11
3 Yongxin Han Merck 8
#4 Adnan Sahin Emc Ip Holding Company 5
#4 Edward J. Morgan Skyhook Wireless 5
#4 Robert T. Peters Bioverativ Therapeutics 5
#7 Kun Liu Merck 4
#7 Marc S. Weinberg Draper Laboratory 4
#7 Pasi Janne Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 4
#7 Richard A. Silva Immunogen 4
#7 David Smith Rai Strategic Holdings 4
#7 Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital 4
#7 Eliezer Peli Schepens Eye Research Institute 4
#7 Jesse Grant Abl Ip Holding 4
#7 Michael D. Altman Merck 4
#7 Brian Eisner The General Hospital 4
#7 Andrew Miles Wallace Affera 4
#18 Andrew Han Veeva Systems 3
#18 Harry J. Schechter Schechter Tech 3
#18 Ahmed Busnaina Northwestern University 3
#18 Kevin Sprott Syros Pharmaceuticals 3
#18 Pavel Gilenberg Teradyne 3
#18 Marc D. Friedman Avedro 3
#18 Akin Akinc Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 3
#18 Robert Mungovan Aware 3
#18 Eric H. Silver Imagine Scientific 3
#18 Eli Weinberg Draper Laboratory 3
#18 Margaret-Ann Julia Seger Uber Technologies 3
#18 Matthew G. Bursavich Morphic Therapeutic 3
#18 Howard Donnelly Hydrocision 3
#18 Gregg M. Duthaler E Ink Holdings 3
#32 Mao Yin Mersana Therapeutics 2
#32 Giovanni Cecere Transmedics 2
#32 Alex Kogan Oracle 2
#32 Igor Reyzin Avigilon Analytics 2
#32 Mike Mahoney Ptc 2
#32 Anandan Palani Merck 2
#32 Richard Mathias Sharkninja Operating 2
#32 Bob DeRemer Ptc 2
#32 John Canosa Ptc 2
#32 Jacob Mark ExxonMobil 2
#32 Tao Yu Analog Devices 2
#32 Roman Trogan Analog Devices International Unlimited 2
#32 Nirmal Keshava Draper Laboratory 2
#32 Steve Han Philip Morris Products S.A. 2
#32 Eugene Giller 3D Systems 2
#32 Matthew P. Roberts Meltz 2
#32 Alina Silina Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 2
#32 Darren Mullen Kenwood Limited 2
#32 S. Ken Tanaka Paratek Pharmaceuticals 2

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