Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burlington, MA ranks #708 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,765 patents from 774 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burlington, MA include Spectra Group Limited, MIT, Psemi. That works out to 180.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 774 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul A. Hoisington Spectra Group Limited 138
2 Yet-Ming Chiang MIT 137
3 David Giuliano Psemi 121
#4 Yem Chin Boston Scientific Scimed 104
#5 Wei-Jun Wang Foxconn 101
#6 Emanuel M. Sachs Desktop Metal 89
#7 Tarek M. Habashy Schlumberger Technology 71
#8 A. Paul Brokaw Analog Devices 66
#9 David J. Miller Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 65
#10 John DePiano Rai Strategic Holdings 63
#11 James Evans Qurio Holdings 61
#12 Suresh C. Srivastava Chemgenes 59
#13 Peter Jarrett American Cyanamid 53
#14 Robert F. Bowen RTX (Raytheon) 46
#15 Mark Falco Oracle 38
#16 Russell Walter Morin Irobot 36
#17 Thomas F. Joyce Honeywell 35
#17 Yajie Chen Rogers 35
#19 Jignesh Gandhi Pixtronix 34
#19 Ilias Pappas Meta 34
#19 Robert Paradis Xyleco 34
#22 Steven Dinh Emisphere Technologies 33
#22 Antonios Printezis Oracle 33
#22 Oscar Miguel Moradei Epizyme 33
#25 JOSEPH CAISSE Dell Products 30
#26 Raoyang Zhang Dassault Systemes Simulia 29
#27 Salvatore Giglia Praxair Technology 28
#28 James D. McIninch Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 26
#28 Frederick Faller Zoll Medical 26
#28 Suhaib Siddiqi Inspire Pharmaceuticals 26
#28 Stephen N. Bunker Implant Sciences 26
#28 Lyubomir Georgiev Zagorchev Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 26
#33 Michael Hal Bruno The Gillette Company 25
#34 Larry Nielsen Zenith Electronics 24
#35 Rich Jaycobs Cfph 23
#35 Shashank Bakre Osram Sylvania 23
#35 Marcelo D. Lechner Verizon 23
#35 Michael S. Viola Polaroid 23
#39 Larry Stanton Boston Scientific Scimed 22
#39 Bradley Hunter General Scanning 22
#41 Stephen J. Green Oracle 21
#41 Andrei Dancus Skyhook Wireless 21
#41 Paul R. McLaughlin Iship 21
#41 Leslie A. Jardine W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 21
#41 Christopher L. Hoogeboom E Ink Holdings 21
#46 Robert S. Antonuccio Oracle 20
#46 Oleksiy Klimashov Skyworks Solutions 20
#46 John P. Amara Emd Millipore 20
#49 ASHISH SATTYAVRAT PANSE Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 19
#49 Arkady Savikovsky Laser Projection Technologies 19

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