Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ayer, MA ranks #5,279 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 496 patents from 102 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ayer, MA include Sonos, Es & A Limited, Unknown. That works out to 166.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 102 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ted Lin Sonos 51
2 Wayne R. Matson Es & A Limited 39
3 John K. Grady Unknown 35
#4 Douglas Wilson Blueprint Medicines 25
#5 P J Anand Alcyone Lifesciences 16
#6 Peter P. Bouchard Watts Regulator 14
#6 Luke Yen AMD 14
#8 Christopher Lalancette Intel 13
#9 Stephanie Kay Dodd Novartis Ag 12
#10 Lim Cheung Smith & Nephew 11
#11 Paramjith Anand Bard Access Systems 9
#11 Christof Schulz Abb Vie 9
#13 Robert Macrae Soundhound 8
#13 Jessica L. Piziak IBM 8
#13 John Noto Scientific Solutions 8
#13 Angelos Kokkinos Babcock Power Environmental 8
#17 Douglas R. Becker Adobe 7
#17 Michael S. McCowan IBM 7
#17 Julie M. Staraitis Oracle 7
#17 Michelle Wood Sterilite 7
#17 Stephen R. Reid RTX (Raytheon) 7
#17 Matthew Dubois Tepha 7
#23 Greg Giannone Hyland Software 6
#23 Derek M. Reedy IBM 6
#23 Jessica L. Stevens Telegen 6
#23 Christopher M. Jengo Goodrich 6
#27 Mary Vasseur Finn Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 5
#27 Tod Famous Cisco 5
#27 Michael Philip Marrama Medtronic 5
#27 Anthony P. Bertapelli Intel 5
#31 Frederick J Igo, Jr. Mitsubishi Electric 4
#31 Scott Allen Winroth Case Western Reserve University 4
#31 Frank C. Harmon, Jr. Hollingsworth & Vose 4
#31 Alexander Andryushkin Corista 4
#31 Karen K. Bouchard Kidde-Fenwal 4
#31 Santosh Anil Kudtarkar Analog Devices 4
#31 Stephane St-Michel Microsoft 4
#31 Stephen D. Lawrence Spectro Scientific 4
#39 Brett Benyo Florida Institute Of Technology 3
#39 Neil Woodward Mod-Tap W 3
#39 Debra M. Mills Microbiotix 3
#39 Alastair Taylor Magnemotion 3
#39 Trevor Glenn Elkins Kayak Software 3
#39 Curtis D. Gridley Amberwave Systems 3
#39 Richard Malen H.C. Starck 3
#39 John N. Robinson Rohm And Haas 3
#47 John M. Amaral 2
#47 Raimund Merkert RTX (Raytheon) 2
#47 William Nicol 2
#47 Robert Mastors 2

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