Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, DC ranks #176 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 825 patents from 448 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, DC include Capital One Services, Afiniti, IBM. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 448 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira Capital One Services 45
2 Adam Koeppel Capital One Services 25
3 Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira Capital One Services 23
#4 Zia Chishti Afiniti 16
#5 Kaitlin Newman Capital One Services 14
#6 Salik Shah Capital One Services 13
#7 Sophie Bermudez Capital One Services 11
#8 Edward G. Katz IBM 10
#9 Chris J. Katopis Unknown 8
#9 Mark Chang Google 8
#9 Andrew Wright IBM 8
#12 Ophir Frieder Georgetown University 7
#12 Peter Kwong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 7
#14 John P. Bufe, III IBM 6
#15 Max Rasmussen US Dept of Homeland Security 5
#15 Lukiih Cuan Capital One Services 5
#15 Xiaoxiao Chen Huawei 5
#15 Luke A. Hammock Capital One Services 5
#15 Robin Stewart Salesforce 5
#15 Michael Puckette US Dept of Homeland Security 5
#21 Benjamin Asher Berg Alarm.Com Incorporated 4
#21 Jesse A. Frantz US Navy 4
#21 James B. Delehanty US Navy 4
#21 Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith JPMorgan Chase 4
#21 Marshall L. Summar Vanderbilt University 4
#21 Jacob Andrews Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 4
#21 John McKinstry Doyle Palantir Technologies 4
#21 Keegan Hines Capital One Services 4
#21 Thomas N. CHASE JPMorgan Chase 4
#21 Ryan Beiermeister Palantir Technologies 4
#21 Shimon Modi Accenture Global Services Limited 4
#21 Hans Sayyadi Comcast 4
#21 Casey Alexander HUKE Adrenalineip 4
#21 Richard C. Peet Teewinot Technologies Limited 4
#35 Leo Alphonse Gerard Breton Horiba Instruments Incorporated 3
#35 Gary D. Goldish University of Minnesota 3
#35 Brian C. Schimpf IBM 3
#35 Joseph F. Parker US Navy 3
#35 Jane Elizabeth Quenk United States Postal Service 3
#35 Kelley A. Sullivan United States Postal Service 3
#35 PATRICK R.E. BAHN 3
#35 Gary Cunningham Children'S National Medical Center 3
#35 David LaFleur Human Genome Sciences 3
#35 Robert John Conrado Lanzatech 3
#35 Sarah J. R. Staton US Navy 3
#35 Irving W. Wainer The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 3
#35 Nathaniel Klein Palantir Technologies 3
#35 Eric Jeney Palantir Technologies 3
#35 Paul Leitner-Wise Lwrc International 3
#35 Joshua Zavilla Palantir Technologies 3

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