Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Buffalo, NY ranks #1,555 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 88 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buffalo, NY include Qualcomm, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Greatbatch. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jack C. Kitchens Qualcomm 6
2 Ryan Kuhlmann Sumitomo Rubber Industries 3
2 Xiang Ling 3
2 Mark J. Roy Greatbatch 3
2 Yaliang Li Tencent America 3
#6 Prakhar Jaiswal Siemens Industry Software 2
#6 Samuel L. Morris, III Unknown 2
#6 Kathleen Ritter Olenick Corning Incorporated 2
#6 James F. van Oss Moog 2
#6 John Albert Olenick Corning Incorporated 2
#6 Feng Hu NVIDIA 2
#12 James Senneff Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#12 Andrea G. Markelz 1
#12 Erin Tracy Health Research 1
#12 William Goss American Sigma 1
#12 Aaron Reinicker Praxair Technology 1
#12 Ravindra Cheruku Health Research 1
#12 Joseph Skitzki Health Research 1
#12 Merry Riehm-Constantino Praxair Technology 1
#12 Barry D. Olson Dupont Electronics 1
#12 Andrew E. Klappert Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 1
#12 Timothy Kuminecz 1
#12 David L. Schwartz Ameriwood Industries 1
#12 Weixiang Zhang Unknown 1
#12 Julian Baldwin Acv Auctions 1
#12 Arup Bhattacharya Gryphon Online Safety 1
#12 Richard W. Ducharme Cook Medical Technologies 1
#12 Joseph Contino Avox Systems 1
#12 Jerome J. Schentag Therasyn Sensors 1
#12 Jim Zubov 1
#12 Joshua J. Yagy Johnson Controls Technology 1
#12 John E. Semler Graphic Controls 1
#12 Ryan David Litt 1
#12 Jun H. Choi Amirkabir University Of Technology 1
#12 Lindsey Rodriguez 1
#12 Jeffrey Hutchins Dupont Safety & Construction 1
#12 Luke Mohr 1
#12 Madison Minjoo Lee Corning Incorporated 1
#12 Lynnette Walker 1
#12 Keith Carolus Acv Auctions 1
#12 Albert H. Titus 1
#12 Eric Nowicki Oetiker Ny 1
#12 Fengzhi Li Health Research 1
#12 Achint Oommen Thomas Indiavidual Learning Limited 1
#12 Garrett R. Swindlehurst Praxair Technology 1
#12 Michael D. Bernhardt Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1
#12 Zachary D Pascarella 1
#12 Robert Samuels 1
#12 Katherine A. Niessen 1
#12 Michael S. Manning Praxair Technology 1

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