Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Beacon, NY ranks #1,440 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,335 patents from 281 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Beacon, NY include IBM, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, The Vitec Group Plc. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 281 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wai-Kin Li IBM 123
2 Shreesh Narasimha IBM 115
3 Robert M. Abrams Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 87
#4 Anthony I. Chou IBM 81
#5 Krishna G. Sachdev IBM 75
#6 Bruce K. Furman IBM 58
#6 Richard Lindsay The Vitec Group Plc 58
#8 William K. Henson IBM 55
#8 Krishna Seshan Intel 55
#10 Sudipta K. Ray IBM 51
#11 Anand R. Baichwal Edward Mendell & 50
#12 Manfred Eller Globalfoundries 49
#13 Glenn Roy General Foods Limited 44
#14 Venkatachalam C. Jaiprakash Nantero 41
#15 Steven M. Partlow IBM 39
#15 Steven M. Zimmerman Fed 39
#17 Terence L. Kane IBM 37
#17 J. David Schaffer Philips 37
#19 John Ted Rodell IBM 33
#20 Benjamin H. Zoleski Chevron 31
#21 Lynne M. Gignac IBM 29
#22 Adam P. Matheny IBM 28
#22 Anda C. Mocuta IBM 28
#24 William E. Sablinski IBM 25
#24 Joseph J. Fatula, Jr. IBM 25
#26 Howard H. Smith IBM 24
#27 Herbert I. Stoller IBM 23
#28 Sameer H. Jain IBM 22
#29 Johnny Widodo Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing 21
#29 Hua Shen IBM 21
#31 Kurt R. Grebe IBM 20
#32 Rashmi Jha IBM 19
#33 Kevin J. Pobursky Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 17
#33 Michael D. Monkowski IBM 17
#35 Choongyeun Cho IBM 16
#36 Leo L. Linehan IBM 15
#36 Yoichi Otani IBM 15
#38 Jiantao Zheng IBM 14
#38 James R. Muenger Chevron 14
#38 Ronald J. McKeon Chevron 14
#38 Algirdas J. Gruodis IBM 14
#38 Erik English IBM 14
#43 Richard Michael Rogers IBM 13
#43 Rose M. Williams IBM 13
#43 Daniel S. Fuller Engelhard 13
#43 Samuel O. Akiwumi-Assani Verizon 13
#47 Robert T. Sayah IBM 12
#48 Charles H. Blevins, II 11
#48 Daniel P. Connors IBM 11
#48 Ashwani K. Malhotra IBM 11

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