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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laurel, MD ranks #1,907 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 76 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laurel, MD include Laitram, L.L.C., Cadence Design Systems, The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew L. Fourney Laitram, L.L.C. 5
2 Thomas Evan Wilson Cadence Design Systems 4
2 Hisataka Kobayashi The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 4
#4 Kenji Numata Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 3
#4 Zhung-Han Wu Origin Wireless 3
#4 Martin Brokner Christiansen 3
#7 Neal Pisenti Ionq 2
#7 Bettina Nechay 2
#7 Ichiro Takeuchi University Of Maryland, College Park 2
#7 Jeffrey R. Deschamps US Navy 2
#7 Xiomara Calderon-Colon The Johns Hopkins University 2
#7 James Patrick Cipriano GE 2
#7 Xiaozhong He Honeywell 2
#7 Merida Miller Under Armour 2
#15 David A. Kitchin The Johns Hopkins University 1
#15 Simon J. Ghionea US Army 1
#15 Marc Alston 1
#15 Jeffrey Strovel Convergene 1
#15 Anthony T. Stellabuto 1
#15 Yan Han IBM 1
#15 Bliss G. Carkhuff The Johns Hopkins University 1
#15 Vishal M. Patel University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#15 Seenivasagam Dhamotharakkannan IBM 1
#15 Douglas B. Trigg The Johns Hopkins University 1
#15 Mark Spano US Air Force 1
#15 Yuhuang Wang University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#15 Stephen Williams Cadence Design Systems 1
#15 Eduardo Barraza 1
#15 Sean M. Heintzelman US Army 1
#15 Mohammad M. Jadidi Monash University 1
#15 Aziz Iqbal Black & Decker 1
#15 Vladimir Godunov 1
#15 Damon C. Bradley 1
#15 Aaron Cordova 1
#15 Anthony Villaflores Tn Americas 1
#15 Kelly Marie Kitchens Alba Therapeutics 1
#15 Nyamekye Obeng-Adjei University of Pennsylvania 1
#15 Kevin Wade Silbert 1
#15 Chris Dutrow Appbrilliance 1
#15 William G. DeMore Cooltech 1
#15 Dennis Toibero Best Lockers 1
#15 Kevin D. Osborn The Government Of The United States, As Represented By The Director, National Security Agency 1
#15 David E. Steinhauer Visiongate 1
#15 Craig Robert Copeland US Dept of Commerce 1
#15 Glen R. Goodwin Sas Institute 1
#15 Kunal R. Pandit University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#15 Kimberly Jennings Advanced Bionutrition 1
#15 Daniel J. Kuhar USDA 1
#15 William D. Turner Xerox 1
#15 Nancy Kramer 1

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