Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Troy, NY ranks #557 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 248 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Troy, NY include IBM, ExxonMobil, Globalfoundries. That works out to 4.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander Reznicek IBM 134
2 Marc A. Bergendahl IBM 11
3 Dhaval A. Bhandari ExxonMobil 5
3 Frank W. Mont Globalfoundries 5
#5 Douglas M. Dukes Melior Innovations 4
#6 Joseph D. Quintiliani Blasch Precision Ceramics 3
#6 Spyridon Skordas IBM 3
#6 John Kelly Amoco 3
#6 Xiangfei Yu IBM 3
#10 Romain Lallement IBM 2
#10 Pankaj Karande Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#10 Trevor John Simmons Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#10 Shichao Wang Crystal Is 2
#10 Daryian Rhysing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#10 John Joseph KEATING Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#10 Daniel M. Doptis Microsoft 2
#10 Jorel Lalicki Vital Vio 2
#10 Hongming Shan Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#10 Samuel Ellman Nutjobs 2
#10 Aghogho Obi GE 2
#10 Victor Bradford Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 2
#22 Andre Ronald Watson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Diana Dreher Energizer Brands 1
#22 Stephen ROCK Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Robert Lindhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 John Quinn Flir Systems 1
#22 Saptarshi Bhattacharya Google 1
#22 Mark Durniak Stc.Unm 1
#22 Tristen Gaudette IBM 1
#22 Musashi J. Briem Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Christian Wetzel Stc.Unm 1
#22 Xuan Wei IBM 1
#22 Christopher Cramer IBM 1
#22 Albert Johnston Garden Way Incorporated 1
#22 John Wason NIST 1
#22 Sandipan Mishra University Of Illinois 1
#22 Matthew M. Klawonn IBM 1
#22 Jun Ha KWAK Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Jennifer Lynn Jackson GE 1
#22 Ian R. Krumanocker Globalfoundries U.S. 1
#22 Atharva Poundarik Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Christina Vasil GE 1
#22 Brian MURRAY Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Jean Paul Freyssinier Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 John Andrew Jones Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Xiaokun Wang Huawei 1
#22 Francine Pataray Vara 1
#22 Yan Xi Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 David J. Poxson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#22 Yiting Zhu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1

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