Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wakefield, MA ranks #1,466 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 94 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wakefield, MA include Symbotic, Ra Pharmaceuticals, Yottaa. That works out to 3.5 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 John G. Lert, Jr. Symbotic 12
2 Kathleen Seyb Ra Pharmaceuticals 5
3 Robert Buffone Yottaa 4
3 William Tao Shi Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 4
3 Daniel J. Burns Z-Medica 4
#6 Thomas A. Snellgrove IBM 3
#6 Flavia Pastore Irobot 3
#6 Lydia Gregoret Lantos Technologies 3
#9 Joseph C. White Prasidiux 2
#9 Peter Davis Cisco 2
#9 Jennifer O'Neil Thermo Fisher 2
#9 Melissa M. Dascoli Zoll Medical 2
#9 Michael Silvio Festa Wayfair 2
#9 Sripati Sah Persimmon Technologies 2
#9 William Glover Genetics Research 2
#9 Tom Miller Syros Pharmaceuticals 2
#9 Gabriel Hebert Amazon 2
#9 David Darrell Miller E Ink Holdings 2
#9 William Robert Entley Versum Materials Us 2
#20 Jeremy R. DUVALL The Broad Institute 1
#20 Edward Rodriguez Solais Lighting 1
#20 Lichung Ha Microchip Technology Incorporated 1
#20 Amy Shen Capital One Services 1
#20 Jon F. Edd The General Hospital 1
#20 Richard Schalek Harvard University 1
#20 Eric Hyman Cosco Management 1
#20 Paul Ventura 1
#20 Jatin Garg Samsung 1
#20 Joseph Racamato MIT 1
#20 Gregory Walter HILLER Pfizer 1
#20 Chicheong Stephen So Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 1
#20 Matthew C. Tyhach RTX (Raytheon) 1
#20 Andrew Keely Rapid7 1
#20 Devin Lert Alert Innovation 1
#20 Eugenijus Jagminas Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 1
#20 Allen Stone 1
#20 Nithin Ramadurai Shiseido Company, Limited 1
#20 Minakshi Guha Isoplexis 1
#20 Kevin Richard Crain GE 1
#20 Eric D. Blom Hansa Medical Products 1
#20 Peter Swai Philips Lighting Holding B.V. 1
#20 Stephen D. Shoap MIT 1
#20 Andy Nanopoulos Tracelink 1
#20 Thomas Hughes Speller, III 1
#20 Meghan M. Johnston Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 1
#20 Tyler Rockwell Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 1
#20 Solomon D. Kattar Merck 1
#20 Christos Papadelis Children'S Medical Center 1
#20 Carlo Innocenti Oracle 1
#20 Steven Lepke Ciba Corning Diagnostics 1

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