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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Northampton, MA ranks #5,593 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 18 patents from 10 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Northampton, MA include Kateeva, Tracer Imaging, The Yankee Candle Company. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–10 of 10 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen M. Smith Kateeva 4
2 Stephen S. Daniell Tracer Imaging 3
3 Daniel Lipson The Yankee Candle Company 2
3 Deepak Ganesan University Of Massachusetts 2
3 Chris E. Schwier Ascend Performance Materials Operations 2
#6 Aaron G. Cantrell Shavelogic 1
#6 Paul McNamara 1
#6 Yaqoot Shaharyar 1
#6 Lou Zhang 1
#6 Timothy D. Foldy-Porto Arix Technologies 1

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