Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Germantown, MD ranks #574 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 242 patents from 131 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Germantown, MD include Senseonics, Incorporated, Hughes Network Systems, Vanda Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 131 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrew DeHennis Senseonics, Incorporated 11
2 George Choquette Hughes Network Systems 10
3 Jeremy Emken Senseonics, Incorporated 8
#4 John Corrigan Hughes Network Systems 6
#5 Marlene Michelle Dressman Vanda Pharmaceuticals 5
#5 John Border Hughes Network Systems 5
#5 Brian Austin Self Becton, Dickinson And 5
#5 Szymon Tankiewicz Senseonics, Incorporated 5
#5 Dan Shen Intel 5
#10 Murali Regunathan Hughes Network Systems 4
#10 Na Trinh Precigen 4
#10 John Brian Mumm Deka Biosciences 4
#10 Archana Gharpuray Hughes Network Systems 4
#14 Ross La Motte-Mohs Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 3
#14 Wing-Pui Kong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 3
#14 James Kealey Precigen 3
#14 Douglas E. Brough Genvec 3
#14 Diane K. Luci Johnson & Johnson 3
#14 Gale Smith Novavax 3
#14 Lin-Nan Lee Hughes Network Systems 3
#14 Barkha Raisoni Senseonics, Incorporated 3
#14 Kaustubh Jain Hughes Network Systems 3
#14 Refaat Emil Ghabranious Takla 3
#14 Alain Charles Briancon Cerebri Ai 3
#14 Xinhua Zhao Solazyme 3
#14 Hiep Pham Samsung 3
#14 Enrique Zudaire Biomed Valley Discoveries 3
#14 Nitin Verma Staples 3
#14 Lily Yuin CHAO Precigen 3
#14 Aliaksandr Druz The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 3
#31 Abhi Chavan Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#31 Jing-Hui Tian Novavax 2
#31 Mark Anton Held Precigen 2
#31 Reynald Dupuis Viavi Solutions 2
#31 Taiwei Yue Hughes Network Systems 2
#31 Kevin Lee Dietzel Precigen 2
#31 Michael Dauberman Hughes Network Systems 2
#31 Genshe Chen Intel 2
#31 Joseph D. Kralowetz 3Com 2
#31 John Theodore Radko Open Text Gxs Ulc 2
#31 Philip Huffstetler Senseonics, Incorporated 2
#31 Jingyang Lu Intel 2
#31 Muhib T. Oduwaiye Charter Communications Operating 2
#31 Luis M. Branco Autoimmune Technologies 2
#45 Plamen GUROV Drfirst.Com 1
#45 Jake William Denison Evapco 1
#45 Ratnesh Tiwari University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#45 Maulik Majmudar Amazon 1
#45 Bhanu Durvasula Hughes Network Systems 1
#45 Shivaram Sitaram Hughes Network Systems 1

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