Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cold Spring, NY ranks #5,261 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 498 patents from 66 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cold Spring, NY include IBM, Pitney Bowes, Engelhard. That works out to 250.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 66 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Fee IBM 93
2 John W. Sussmeier Pitney Bowes 87
3 Jacquelyn A. Martino IBM 47
#4 John P. Simons IBM 39
#5 Thomas A. Mikalsen IBM 21
#6 Curtis J. Zimmermann Engelhard 20
#7 Robert J. Polastre IBM 17
#8 Mike Berkley Spotify Ab 13
#9 Bernhard R. Liegl IBM 12
#10 Bruce R. Hannah 10
#11 Terry M. Ciccaglione IBM 8
#11 Scott Bruce Frommer IBM 8
#11 Frederick A. Zenz Hri 8
#14 John Mark Cobb Chevron 7
#14 Arthur J. Sutton IBM 7
#16 George Mario Fortuna Popdust 6
#16 John Marino Cypress Semiconductor 6
#18 Richard F. Rutz IBM 5
#19 Debra J. White IBM 4
#19 John W. Kingsbury Coty 4
#19 Samuel L. Gralnick JPMorgan Chase 4
#19 Seamus Carroll Afp Imaging 4
#23 Vivian K. Doxey Engelhard 3
#23 Steven M. Garfinkle IBM 3
#23 Ranjana Pandya North American Philips 3
#23 David Paul Merritt IBM 3
#23 Deborah Cacace Engelhard 3
#23 Pierre C. Vittori IBM 3
#23 Patrice Delabie Becton, Dickinson And 3
#30 Dan Benanav 2
#30 Stephen Callahan Sterling 2
#30 Paula Carnabuci 2
#30 Mary Virginia Hughes 2
#30 Donald J. Clarke Chevron 2
#30 Jerome Goldberg 2
#30 Kevin RORICK Colgate-Palmolive 2
#30 Thomas Patrick Larsen 2
#30 Bruce Hannah 2
#30 Sandi E. Merritt IBM 2
#40 ROBERT JUBY The Mearl 1
#40 Frank Orza 1
#40 Frank Anastasi Automation Industrial Group 1
#40 Arden Grassick Technicon Instruments 1
#40 John E. Morin American Cyanamid 1
#40 Aaron Freimark 1
#40 Julia A. Stephenson Kraft General Foods 1
#40 Peter Koepke 1
#40 Ralph B. DeLano, Jr. IBM 1
#40 Christopher Michael Carnabuci 1
#40 Kenneth L. Kreuz Chevron 1

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