Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Annapolis, MD ranks #2,238 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 58 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Annapolis, MD include Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., US Navy, Accenture Global Solutions Limited. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sarah W. Phelps Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
1 Rajratan Basu US Navy 2
1 Paul Edward Nelson Accenture Global Solutions Limited 2
1 Charles Kleinrichert Automatic Bar Controls 2
1 Stephen Kuo-Tung Seay Chan Ppip 2
1 Martin van Staden X-Energy 2
1 Keith R. Underwood 2
#8 Jonathan Thomas Burns Ionic Security 1
#8 Howard S. Newman Mhn Biotech Llc. 1
#8 William Rosenquist Burns IBM 1
#8 Patrick Robert Shoemaker Unknown 1
#8 Robert L. Sisk, III Northrop Grumman 1
#8 John V. Chiochetti Coresyte 1
#8 Nathan A. Ekborg University Of Maryland 1
#8 Charles L. GANDY Applied Minds 1
#8 Keith R. Dunleavy 1
#8 Stephen B. Alexander Ciena 1
#8 Madeline Cary Davidson 1
#8 Nicholas J. Duckworth US Air Force 1
#8 Dan Jolicoeur 1
#8 Taylor Jay Centers Ionic Security 1
#8 Kevin Austin Maynard Uscontracting 1
#8 Peter Joyce Liberty Global Europe Holding B.V. 1
#8 John C. Earle Propeller 1
#8 Karen Anne Doyle Microsoft 1
#8 Kevin Delaney Rockwell Collins 1
#8 Kevin Kubit Fillmaster Systems 1
#8 James M. Williams Linear Technology Holding 1
#8 Vincent M. Iorio US Air Force 1
#8 Herbert Estrada Cameron International 1
#8 Keith Andrew Riniker Traffic Technology Services 1
#8 Pooja Duggappa Balegar Covidien Lp 1
#8 Arthur Oliver Tucker, IV 1
#8 Frank Bosmans The Johns Hopkins University 1
#8 Samantha M. Tyson The Johns Hopkins University 1
#8 Zachary Leuschner RTX (Raytheon) 1
#8 Vineet Sachdev Trueposition 1
#8 Jeremy Eckman Ionic Security 1
#8 Jeffrey Howard Ionic Security 1
#8 Jeremiah J. Wathen The Johns Hopkins University 1
#8 SHAWN A. KEEBAUGH 1
#8 Cetin Savkli The Johns Hopkins University 1
#8 Shashidhar Yamsani Covidien Lp 1
#8 Andrew T. Hines Sensanna Incorporated 1
#8 Andrew C. Gray 1
#8 John Wesley Atricure 1
#8 John Granville Holt AT&T 1
#8 Daniel Kinnamon US Navy 1
#8 Anastasios P. Goutzoulis Westinghouse Electric 1
#8 Jacqueline H. Hines Sensanna Incorporated 1

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