Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laurel, MD ranks #1,813 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 70 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laurel, MD include NASA, Laitram, L.L.C., Cadence Design Systems. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John L. Schnase NASA 3
1 Matthew L. Fourney Laitram, L.L.C. 3
1 Thomas Evan Wilson Cadence Design Systems 3
1 Neal Pisenti Ionq 3
1 Yan Han IBM 3
1 Daniel W. Medeiros GE 3
1 Hisataka Kobayashi The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 3
1 Jeffrey R. Deschamps US Navy 3
#9 Bayu Aji Wicaksono Genesys Cloud Services 2
#9 Dakai Jin Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co. 2
#9 Carissa L. Rodriguez The Johns Hopkins University 2
#9 Gary L. Jackson Koehring 2
#9 Michael D. Jensen Chevron 2
#14 Kiyoharu Josh Miyagishima 1
#14 Sharon Hall 1
#14 Mark Spano US Air Force 1
#14 Hilda Emeruwa 1
#14 Amber Jerica McRae Microsoft 1
#14 Michael D. Clanton, II 1
#14 Ichiro Takeuchi University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#14 Samuel K. Abban USDA 1
#14 Prasanjeet Khuntia Infinera 1
#14 Stephen Williams Cadence Design Systems 1
#14 James Patrick Cipriano GE 1
#14 Emmanuel Matthews Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#14 Christopher James Darmody Coolcad Electronics 1
#14 Kevin D. Osborn The Government Of The United States, As Represented By The Director, National Security Agency 1
#14 Xiomara Calderon-Colon The Johns Hopkins University 1
#14 John Joseph Glorioso, Jr. Nayya Health 1
#14 William G. DeMore Cooltech 1
#14 Chris Dutrow Appbrilliance 1
#14 Francisco Posada-Florez USDA 1
#14 Kevin C. Cox US Army 1
#14 Judith Gulten Moca Kraft Foods Group Brands 1
#14 Vladimir Godunov 1
#14 Mark Creppy 1
#14 Michael Hinton LG 1
#14 Steven Mark Anlage University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#14 Yuan-Shiang Chang Softbank 1
#14 Hyunmo Kang Microstrategy Incorporated 1
#14 Korine A. Ohiri The Johns Hopkins University 1
#14 Jessica Powell Davol 1
#14 Brian Snow National Security Agency 1
#14 Merida Miller Under Armour 1
#14 John Thomas Planinshek 1
#14 Jeonggoo Kim Neocera 1
#14 Ali M. Darwish US Army 1
#14 Russell A. Fink Verizon 1
#14 Andre L. Johnson Technoguard 1

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