Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

New Haven, CT ranks #828 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 186 patents from 129 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in New Haven, CT include Yale University, Stanford University, Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 129 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tarek M. Fahmy Yale University 7
2 Aaron Michael Ring Stanford University 5
2 Michel Devoret Yale University 5
2 Mengwen Zhang Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 5
#5 Michael A. Connor Lockheed Martin 4
#5 William A. Welsh Sikorsky Aircraft 4
#7 Michael Winter RTX (Raytheon) 3
#7 Robert Friedman Ten-X, Llc. 3
#7 Kyle J. Eastman Achillion Pharmaceuticals 3
#7 Teresa Brecht Yale University 3
#7 Paul Ford Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs 3
#7 Michael Van Zandt The Institute For Pharmaceutical Discovery 3
#7 William Mark Saltzman Yale University 3
#14 Anirudh Narla Yale University 2
#14 David Spiegel Yale University 2
#14 Yao Lu Yale University 2
#14 Jennifer Avgerinos Assa Abloy Residential Group 2
#14 Michael Strauss Sikorsky Aircraft 2
#14 Jorge Galan Yale University 2
#14 Katrina Sliwa Yale University 2
#14 Michael Capozziello Sargent Manufacturing 2
#14 Bronwyn Power 2
#14 Armando A. Abrina Ndelectric Co. 2
#14 Michael Hatridge Yale University 2
#14 Meg Hetfield Sargent Manufacturing 2
#14 Elias Hartoumbekis Covidien Lp 2
#14 Rajit Manohar Achronix Semiconductor 2
#14 Shyam Shankar Yale University 2
#14 Anthony Rongvaux Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 2
#14 Seth Herzon Yale University 2
#14 Jacob Black 2
#14 Scott R. Mackie Merck 2
#33 Denise Devore Alexion Pharmaceuticals 1
#33 Jose Cisneros Yale University 1
#33 Alan Healy Yale University 1
#33 Joshua Lindsey Warren University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 1
#33 William Philbrick Yale University 1
#33 Margarita Dominguez-Villar Yale University 1
#33 Michael J. Ward IBM 1
#33 Chen Wang Macdermid Enthone 1
#33 Gregory H. Berg Hartford Fire Insurance 1
#33 John C. Wren Sargent Manufacturing 1
#33 Justin Thomas Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#33 Kristin Elizabeth Mailhot Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#33 Menachem Elimelech Yale University 1
#33 Xaio Sun Yale University 1
#33 Ricardo Felix Perez Wagner Spray Tech 1
#33 Larry Raby Assa Abloy Door Group 1
#33 László J. Szöcs Yale University 1
#33 Matthew Simon Yale University 1

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