Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Amherst, NH ranks #1,731 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,924 patents from 319 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Amherst, NH include Allegro Microsystems, Bissell Homecare, Amphenol. That works out to 2760.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 319 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William P. Taylor Allegro Microsystems 141
2 Eric J. Hansen Bissell Homecare 66
3 Brian Kirk Amphenol 57
#4 Thomas E. Nahill Continental Pet Technologies 56
#5 William H. Shepard Velcro Industries B.V. 40
#5 Roger Durand Autocell Laboratories 40
#7 Suresh R. Nair Rockwell Automation 36
#8 Paul D. Zemany Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 35
#9 James T. Roberts Molex 33
#10 Stephen G. Boucher Airmar Technology 31
#10 David Levine Amphenol 31
#12 George K. Bonnoitt, Jr. Integra Biosciences Ag 30
#12 Paul Goodwin Entorian Technologies 30
#14 Neil Soice Emd Millipore 28
#14 Christopher O. Evans Deka Products Limited Parternship 28
#16 Todd A. Ballantyne Deka Products Limited Parternship 26
#16 George D. Chandley Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. 26
#18 George F. Rollend Dtl Technology Limited Partnership 23
#19 Shawn Bawell Integrated Device Technology 22
#20 Stephen M. Blinn Exogenesis 20
#21 Ward Hamilton Zoll Medical 19
#22 Joseph George Fucci Keurig Green Mountain 18
#23 Rodd Ruland Hubbell Incorporated 17
#23 Peter A. Ketteridge Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 17
#25 Jason Barrett GE 16
#25 John H. Oates Mercury Computer Systems 16
#25 Dennis W. Dodge Agfa Nv 16
#28 Michael C. Tilley Deka Products Limited Parternship 15
#28 Andrew E. Ayers 15
#30 Greg Dudoff Xanoptix 14
#30 Scott J. Noone Osr Open Systems Resources 14
#30 John Walter Locher Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 14
#30 David P. Kraus, Jr. Velcro Industries B.V. 14
#34 Leslie Scenna Dymo 13
#34 Keith Deutsch Oracle 13
#36 Shawn Duarte Emc 12
#36 Philip Onni Jarvinen MIT 12
#36 Kiuchul Hwang RTX (Raytheon) 12
#36 Dan Bilger Euro-Pro Operating 12
#36 Eran Levit Endobar Solutions 12
#36 Michael Varanka Solidscape 12
#36 Steven Vordenberg Ucb Pharma S.A. 12
#43 Michel R. Thenin Spraying Systems 11
#43 Barry A. Cullen Hampshire Chemical 11
#45 Robert Hanckel Oracle 10
#45 Richard Stack Xanoptix 10
#45 Jason R. Thornton MIT 10
#45 Michael E. Hebert, Jr. Johnson Outdoors 10
#45 Christopher D. Jones Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 10
#45 Thomas J. Herceg Xerox 10

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