Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laurel, MD ranks #1,967 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 68 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laurel, MD include IBM, Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Cooltech. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yan Han IBM 4
1 Dakai Jin Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co. 4
3 William G. DeMore Cooltech 2
3 Jeffrey R. Deschamps US Navy 2
3 Matthew L. Fourney Laitram, L.L.C. 2
3 Michael D. Jensen Chevron 2
3 Jacques Ravel University Of Maryland, Baltimore 2
3 Yuhuang Wang University Of Maryland, College Park 2
3 Oleg A. Borodin US Army 2
3 Bliss G. Carkhuff The Johns Hopkins University 2
3 Merida Miller Under Armour 2
#12 Ernesto Cruz Villaflores Tn Americas 1
#12 Jeffrey Strovel Convergene 1
#12 Daniel W. Medeiros GE 1
#12 John C. Merritt, IV America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army 1
#12 Edward A. Viveiros, Jr. America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army 1
#12 Andre L. Johnson Technoguard 1
#12 Olayinka Adetoye 1
#12 Jung H. Yoon 1
#12 Ali M. Darwish US Army 1
#12 Russell A. Fink Verizon 1
#12 Joseph M. Galante University of California 1
#12 Edward J. Devine Swales Aerospace 1
#12 Jon W. Weeks 1
#12 Jason T. Dowling Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 1
#12 Hisataka Kobayashi The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 1
#12 John Joseph Glorioso, Jr. Nayya Health 1
#12 James Patrick Cipriano GE 1
#12 Xiaozhong He Honeywell 1
#12 Emmanuel Matthews Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#12 Gautam Chatur Capital One Services 1
#12 Kunal R. Pandit University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#12 Margaret F. Lospinuso The Johns Hopkins University 1
#12 Nyamekye Obeng-Adjei University of Pennsylvania 1
#12 David N. Vaccarello US Air Force 1
#12 Stephen Williams Cadence Design Systems 1
#12 Therwa Hamza Hospital For Sick Children 1
#12 Mark M. Opeka US Air Force 1
#12 John Jarels Satius Holding 1
#12 Kamlesh R. Chauhan USDA 1
#12 Jeffrey D. Kendall Earthway Products 1
#12 Gary H. Kamimori US Army 1
#12 Kelly Marie Kitchens Alba Therapeutics 1
#12 Bruce Ledley Jacob Crossbar 1
#12 Wenyi Shao Ellumen 1
#12 Joseph Stains University Of Maryland, Baltimore 1
#12 Thomas Evan Wilson Cadence Design Systems 1
#12 Judith Gulten Moca Kraft Foods Group Brands 1
#12 Martin Brokner Christiansen 1
#12 Neal Pisenti Ionq 1

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