Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Andover, MA ranks #316 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 9,640 patents from 1,295 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Andover, MA include Veveo, Columbia Insurance, L-1 Secure Credentialing. That works out to 990.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,295 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Murali Aravamudan Veveo 176
2 Sashikumar Venkataraman Veveo 145
3 David C. Issler Columbia Insurance 133
#4 Robert L. Jones L-1 Secure Credentialing 111
#5 James E. Clark Lab Partners Associates 104
#6 Andrew L. Schirmer IBM 101
#6 Shrenik Deliwala Analog Devices 101
#8 Tao Yu Xiaomi 100
#9 Sean M. McDowell Nike 96
#10 Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 89
#11 David Scott Whitefield Skyworks Solutions 88
#12 Nasser Rafiee Medtronic 79
#13 Bon-Woong Koo Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 78
#14 Yao-Ling Qiu Enanta Pharmaceuticals 77
#15 Jochen Kruecker Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 76
#15 Stuart MacDonald Biophan Technologies 76
#17 Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble Cisco 68
#18 Scott Wakefield Polycom 67
#18 Francis G. Fang Eisai R&D Management Co. 67
#20 Kuntal Chowdhury Cisco 64
#21 Bernard Joseph Savord Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 63
#22 Nesbitt W. Hagood Pixtronix 60
#23 Jean-Christophe Harmange Amgen 57
#24 Robert T. Carroll International Rectifier 55
#24 Eric M. Wallace Bose 55
#24 Fred G. Benkley, III Idex Biometrics Asa 55
#27 McKee Dunn Poland Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 54
#27 Norman D. Poisson The Gillette Company 54
#29 Wen Lin Juniper Networks 50
#29 Peter Li Sru Biosystems 50
#31 Michael A. Patane Merck 47
#32 Michael P. Anthony Kenet 45
#32 Lixin Qiao Bristol-Myers Squibb 45
#34 Jitendra S. Goela Cvd, Incorporated 44
#34 Stephen Robert Heath Philips 44
#36 James W. Foley Polaroid 42
#36 Richard S. Payne Pixtronix 42
#36 Kieran P. Harney Invensense 42
#39 Benjamin W. Edwards Schneider Electric Usa 41
#40 Anil S. Sawkar All Purpose Networks 40
#40 Wojtek Sudol Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 40
#42 Mark T. Wyeth Nxstage Medical 38
#42 Sharon Shechter Karyopharm Therapeutics 38
#44 Joel M. Friedman Lightlab Imaging 37
#44 Hung-sen Lai Trustees Of Tufts College 37
#44 Chih-Hsiang Ho E Ink Holdings 37
#47 Ali Can GE 34
#47 Luyi Sun Fina Technology 34
#47 Peter R. Holloway National Semiconductor 34
#47 Jaemoon Lee Samsung 34

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