Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pittsburgh, PA ranks #75 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,625 patents from 1,013 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pittsburgh, PA include Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Dynamics. That works out to 5.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,013 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Prasanna Velagapudi Berkshire Grey Operating Company 23
2 Michael T. Lotze Iovance Biotherapeutics 22
3 Jeffrey D. Mullen Dynamics 19
3 Michael Dawson-Haggerty Berkshire Grey Operating Company 19
#5 Branislav Jaramaz Blue Belt Technologies 16
#6 Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt IBM 10
#7 Paul R. Ohodnicki U.S. Department Of Energy 8
#7 Kevin Y. Low Gecko Robotics 8
#7 Peter Wipf University Of Pittsburgh 8
#7 Joshua Moore Gecko Robotics 8
#7 Edward A. Bryner Gecko Robotics 8
#12 Xiangling Xu Ppg Industries Ohio 7
#12 Arthur E. Uber, III Bayer Healthcare 7
#12 Wenda Xu Motional Ad 7
#15 Yizhu Gu Gecko Robotics 6
#15 Matthew Shaw Wood Uatc 6
#15 Vyacheslav Rovner Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Jonathan Haigh Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Nikita Jaipuria Ford 6
#15 Jorge Guajardo Merchan Philips 6
#15 Matthew Moe Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Lauren Patricia Chodkowski Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 6
#15 Marcin Strojwas Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Jun Li Bristol-Myers Squibb 6
#15 Ethan Eade Aurora Operations 6
#15 Andrzej Strojwas Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Carl Taylor Pdf Solutions 6
#28 Stuart D. Hellring Ppg Industries Ohio 5
#28 Carmel Majidi Carnegie Mellon University 5
#28 Mujahed B. Lateef Lockmed Of Florida 5
#28 Jason Saragih Meta 5
#28 Prashant N. Kumta University Of Pittsburgh 5
#28 John G. Clark Zoll Medical 5
#28 Kartik Mohanram Cisco 5
#28 Garrett G. Grindle University Of Pittsburgh 5
#28 Bruce Cloutier Dynamics 5
#28 Michael Brian Jones Latch Systems 5
#28 Adam D. Polcyn Vitro Flat Glass 5
#28 Alexander R. Cuti Cilag Gmbh International 5
#28 Richard Donnelly Beta Air 5
#41 Ji Zhang Cisco 4
#41 Sirajum Munir Robert Bosch Gmbh 4
#41 Eric Xing Petuum 4
#41 Wei Min Cheng Eastman Chemical 4
#41 Noah Zych Uber Technologies 4
#41 Dominic C. Abbott Cda Research Group 4
#41 Tomas Simon Kreuz Meta 4
#41 Thorin Tobiassen Redzone Robotics 4
#41 Dennis Zhao Uatc 4
#41 Daniel J. Miller Microsoft 4

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