Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ithaca, NY ranks #375 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 368 patents from 226 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ithaca, NY include Thomson Licensing, Johnson & Johnson, Corning Incorporated. That works out to 11.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 226 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peng Yin Thomson Licensing 29
2 Leo B. Kriksunov Johnson & Johnson 10
3 Robert Alan Bellman Corning Incorporated 8
#4 Yong Lak Joo Cornell University 6
#4 Robert A. Joyce Architecture Technology 6
#4 Ljerka Ukrainczyk Corning Incorporated 6
#7 James R. Shealy GE 5
#7 Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell Corning Incorporated 5
#7 Scott Aloisio Architecture Technology 5
#7 Rachel M. Dorin Terapore Technologies 5
#11 Jeonghyun Hwang Globalfoundries U.S. 4
#11 Nithin Michael Broadcom 4
#11 Seiya Ohta Canon 4
#11 Prantik Mazumder Corning Incorporated 4
#15 Dongyan Wang Midea Group Co. 3
#15 Jon Sweat Duster Radiawave Technologies Co. 3
#15 Alexander J. Travis Cornell Research Foundation 3
#15 Amit Lal Cornell University 3
#15 Lynden A. Archer Cornell University 3
#15 Sunwoo Lee Samsung 3
#15 Mahmut Faruk Aksit GE 3
#15 Peter McMahon Qc Ware 3
#15 Ruisheng Wang Cornell University 3
#15 Todd W. Gusek Cargill, Incorporated 3
#15 Ao Tang Broadcom 3
#15 Daehwan Cho Cornell University 3
#15 Daniel Kim Cornell University 3
#15 Mark Buckler Elucid Bioimaging 3
#15 Ulrich Wiesner Cornell University 3
#30 Alyosha Molnar Skyworks Solutions 2
#30 Matthew Russell Axcella Health 2
#30 Debdeep Jena Cornell University 2
#30 Aaron Lewis Nanoptics, Incorporated 2
#30 Olus Naili Boratav Corning Incorporated 2
#30 Dongwook Yoon Microsoft 2
#30 Lawrence Bonassar Cornell University 2
#30 Kilian Quirin Weinberger Asapp 2
#30 Hedan Bai Cornell University 2
#30 Hengky Chandrahalim US Air Force 2
#30 Charles W. Blackmer Kionix 2
#30 Gregory Galyanov Transonic Systems 2
#30 Roman Bielski Recarbon 2
#30 Kazuki Nomoto Sony 2
#30 Jaime Cardenas Cornell University 2
#30 Robert Abramovitch Michigan State University 2
#30 James Gregory Couillard Corning Incorporated 2
#30 Ming-Huang Huang Corning Incorporated 2
#30 Sunil Bhave Cornell University 2
#30 Justin Kuo Cornell University 2
#30 Kirk M. Sigel Isolynx 2

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