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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arnold, MD ranks #3,812 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 764 patents from 183 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arnold, MD include US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Merck. That works out to 31.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 183 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Francis J. Kub US Air Force 98
2 Dennis C. Nagle Lockheed Martin 47
2 James C. Barrow Merck 47
#4 William F. Niland Vapotherm 40
#5 Edward L. Rich Io-Mega Holding 33
#6 Mark Titus Telecommunication Systems 31
#7 James Halvis US Air Force 14
#8 Laurence Honarvar American Management Systems, Incorporated 13
#9 Alexander A. Bosna Westinghouse Electric 11
#10 John J. Chino Northrop Grumman 9
#11 Wieslaw Bergandy National Instrument 8
#11 William Douglas Withers Accusoft 8
#11 Barbara F. Howell US Air Force 8
#11 Harvey P. Hack 8
#15 Richard P. Allen The Johns Hopkins University 7
#15 William R. Russell Du Pont Electronic Polymers 7
#15 Douglas G. Harvey B.Braun Medical 7
#15 Donald G. Polvani Westinghouse Electric 7
#15 Charles L. Manto 7
#20 Alfred Ferdinand Jordan W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 6
#20 Kenneth E Fritsch Vorbeck Materials 6
#20 Jeffrey D. Fair Top Shelf Manufacturing 6
#20 Bruce Wagner Solus Industrial Innovations 6
#20 Joseph J. Lutian Active Signal Technologies 6
#20 George R. Douglas Westinghouse Electric 6
#20 Bruce D. Mathews Westinghouse Electric 6
#27 John M. Stockhausen Acme Grating Ventures 5
#27 Ellis K. Peterson Eoriginal 5
#27 David Lassen US NSA 5
#27 Thomas L. Daugherty US Air Force 5
#27 Jonathan P. Gluckman Cubic 5
#27 Brandon Helms Palantir Technologies 5
#27 Iain J. Attwater Rolls-Royce Naval Marine 5
#27 James W. Pfisterer 5
#27 Matthew Winslow Gulfstream Aerospace 5
#27 Russell K. Raney The Johns Hopkins University 5
#37 Joseph M. Sandri Alcolac 4
#37 Melody E. Fernaays 4
#37 Cory Edward Sherman 4
#37 John L. Drake, Jr. US Air Force 4
#37 James G. Quinn Unknown 4
#37 Jeffrey Dean York 4
#37 Patrick J. Moran Columbia Gas System Service 4
#37 Ralph W. Bruce US Air Force 4
#37 Raymond E. Brown 4
#37 Peter Trogdon 4
#37 Richard Buehler Intel 4
#37 Thomas Peter DeFelice Volunteers For Medical Engineering 4
#49 Randall L. Baumbach RTX (Raytheon) 3
#49 Paul E. Jaenke Westinghouse Electric 3

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