Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brighton, NY ranks #6,768 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 355 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brighton, NY include Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Photonics Industries International. That works out to 9.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ching W. Tang Eastman Kodak 83
2 Cathie J. Burke Xerox 44
3 Kenneth J. Reed Eastman Kodak 41
#4 Yusong Yin Photonics Industries International 23
#5 Thomas Frey W. C. Heraeus Gmbh 16
#6 Lan Huang IBM 15
#7 Shunmugavelu Sokka Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 12
#8 Lynne M. B. Blank Dow Corning 9
#9 Maurice F. Holmes Xerox 8
#9 Mark Noble University Of Utah 8
#9 Chung-Chi Li Symbol Technologies 8
#12 Maxim Wasyl Derhak Onyx Graphics 7
#13 David Snyderman Xerox 6
#14 Hugh Wahl Fonar 5
#15 Vincent Magro 4
#15 Nick Vamivakas University Of Rochester 4
#15 Michael D. Melnick 4
#15 Bradford Michael Stadler Cerion 4
#15 Robert Griffith 4
#20 Steven R. Sawicki 3
#20 Kenneth G. Corl Eastman Kodak 3
#20 Donald Krause National Graphics 3
#20 Donald Laflair Xerox 3
#20 Don P. Clausing Xerox 3
#20 Mark D. Fitch Kraft General Foods 3
#20 Manoj Meda Additive Technologies 3
#27 Ronald J. Sudol Skc Haas Display Films Co. 2
#27 Mousa Shaker Polymedix 2
#27 Leslie J. Bodin Burroughs 2
#27 Nenad Nenadic Kionix 2
#27 Francesca G. Polo Xerox 2
#27 Stephen Probst 2
#27 Steven Sperrazza 2
#27 Joseph Ficarra Westinghouse Norden Systems 2
#35 Lynne M. Blehm Blank Dow Corning 1
#35 Norman Rushefsky Eastman Kodak 1
#35 Lynne B. Blank Dow Corning 1
#35 Ajay Asija Harris 1
#35 Ja Young Kim-Muller Columbia University 1
#35 Flora W. Feng ExxonMobil 1
#35 Steven D. Richeson Harris 1
#35 Ruei-Jr Wu University Of Rochester 1
#35 Robert P. Darling Grumman Aerospace 1
#35 Thomas D. Naum 1
#35 James J. Donohue 1
#35 Jerome Swarz Symbol Technologies 1
#35 Jean Larsen 1

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