Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Auburn, ME ranks #10,048 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 199 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Auburn, ME include Bachmann Industries, Fairchild Semiconductor, Roper Holdings. That works out to 8.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lothar Bachmann Bachmann Industries 21
2 Seth M. Prentice Fairchild Semiconductor 19
3 Robert B. Ray Roper Holdings 15
#4 Ronald W. Adams Albany International 14
#5 Elwood G. Trask Gates Formed-Fibre Products 8
#6 Gerald J. Smith Gates Formed-Fibre Products 7
#6 Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III Kicteam 7
#8 John A. Arthur Humanetics Innovative Solutions 5
#8 Leland R. Miller Andersen 5
#10 Michael Whittaker Air New Zealand Limited 4
#10 George A. Frank Gates Formed-Fibre Products 4
#10 Douglas S. Pearmain Manville 4
#10 Andrew N. Dion Sterling Engineered Products 4
#10 Keith J. Albert Artel 4
#15 Ernest Mattox 3
#15 Robert R. Walters Gates Formed-Fibre Products 3
#15 Eric Paul Kaiser, Jr. The Toronto-Dominion Bank 3
#15 Kathie Leonard 3
#15 John P. DuBois Tenneco Packaging 3
#15 Michael P. Finnerty Idexx Laboratories 3
#15 Stephen Anthony Bouchard 3
#15 Daniel Alfonsetti Volkswagen Group Of America Investments 3
#15 Kevin John ROSS Pmc Organometallix 3
#15 Marc Fournier France Telecom 3
#25 Bruce R. Tremblay North American Philips 2
#25 Roland E. Dube Colgate-Palmolive 2
#25 Ronald L. Caron Valley Engineering 2
#25 Michael Ryan Tomer Corista 2
#25 Nancy Turcotte Alere Scarborough 2
#25 Myron Whipkey Alere Switzerland Gmbh 2
#25 Derek J. Stacey Bose 2
#25 Scott A. Nussinow 2
#25 Roger A. Dargie 2
#25 James R. Hakala Eastman Kodak 2
#25 Edmund R. Kern North American Philips 2
#25 Daniel D. Thayer Calgon Carbon 2
#37 Michael J Ranucci 1
#37 Natalie Raye 1
#37 Frank Lavenger 1
#37 Patrick Anthony DeFilipp 1
#37 Charles P. Thornton 1
#37 Marsha Auster 1
#37 Emile GAGNON 1
#37 Joseph Elichaa 1
#37 Mary F. Woodman Unknown 1
#37 Ronald William Keough 1
#37 Charles P. Thronton 1
#37 Bradford H. Hilton Bachmann Gmbh 1
#37 Dana C. Bragg 1
#37 David A. Wing 1

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