Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Beverly, MA ranks #1,200 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,798 patents from 490 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Beverly, MA include Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Oracle, Applied Materials. That works out to 65.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 490 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph C. Olson Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 130
2 John Hautala Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 99
3 Alexander T. Garthwaite Oracle 94
#4 Dean Jennings Applied Materials 74
#5 Wolfgang Scholz Adidas 60
#6 Andrew Waite Salesforce 53
#7 Harold L. Hough Gte Products 37
#8 John Dobbs Analogic 35
#8 Thomas Anthony Gernetzke The Gillette Company 35
#10 Christopher Lee Synventive Molding Solutions 33
#10 William F. DiVergilio Axcelis Technologies 33
#12 Barry Stout Osram Sylvania 27
#12 Richard Malley Children'S Medical Center 27
#12 Thomas V. Root Optim 27
#15 David Paul Mourer GE 26
#15 Oleg Boulanov Eliza 26
#15 Klaus-Alexander Rieder W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 26
#18 Robert W. Connors Unknown 23
#18 Ronald P. Brochu Infiltrator Systems 23
#20 Lucas Diehl Hd Lifesciences 22
#20 Ian Helmar Hd Lifesciences 22
#20 Jeffrey Cruz Silva Waters Technologies 22
#23 Michael Conry Psemi 21
#24 Paul Costain Clawson Custom Cues 20
#24 Keith Rosiello Velico Medical 20
#24 Gregory J. Kowalski Northwestern University 20
#24 Thomas B. Milnes MIT 20
#28 Luisa Andruzzi Thermo Fisher 19
#28 Emery G. Audesse Gte Products 19
#28 Gary T. Freeman Speedline Technologies 19
#28 Enrico Raffaele Cafaro Bedford Systems 19
#28 Alexander Alexeyev Analog Devices 19
#33 John B. Horrigan Medtronic 18
#33 John Edward Rush, II Cell Signaling Technology 18
#33 Marcus Hanna Brahma Industries 18
#36 Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton Hamilton Thorne 17
#36 Christopher D. Benjamin 17
#38 Jillian Reno Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 16
#38 Alexander C. Kontos Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 16
#38 Mark C. Holland Akamai Technologies 16
#41 Suzanne Crowell Zoll Medical 15
#41 Andrew Bennett 15
#41 Albert I. Morse Usm Holding Ag 15
#41 Norman D. Staller Polaroid 15
#45 Arlene Hecker Osram Sylvania 14
#45 Hans Meiling Asml Netherlands B.V. 14
#45 Steven C. Allen Osram Sylvania 14
#45 Allen Bowen Art Design Works 14
#45 Peter A. Lunn Medtronic 14
#45 Richard C. Marlor Osram Sylvania 14

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