Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cranford, NJ ranks #2,088 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,526 patents from 283 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cranford, NJ include ExxonMobil, Schering, Hunter Fan. That works out to 751.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 283 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terry J. Burkhardt ExxonMobil 51
1 Frank Bennett Schering 51
3 James P. Burns Hunter Fan 44
#4 Kathleen M. Rupprecht Merck 42
#5 Andrew Skurdal Sdi Technologies 40
#6 Thomas R. Verhoeven Merck 34
#7 Kenneth A. Thomas, Jr. Merck 32
#8 Robert K. Baker Merck 30
#9 Benjamin M. Cohen Bristol-Myers Squibb 29
#10 George W. Kellett Creative Products Resource 28
#11 Lynette Zaidel Colgate-Palmolive 27
#12 Nancy-Ellen Haynes Hoffmann-La Roche 26
#13 Michael P. Galligan Basf Se 25
#14 Dann Parker Merck 22
#15 Ewa A. Bardasz The Lubrizol 21
#16 Victor DeFlorio ExxonMobil 20
#16 Brian Peebles Verizon 20
#18 Kurt W. Saionz Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery 19
#19 Dennis M. Schmatz Merck 18
#19 Anne E. Allen New York Stock Exchange 18
#19 Dominik M. Wiktor Medtronic 18
#22 John J. Acton, III Merck 17
#23 William C. Dautremont-Smith AT&T 16
#24 Joseph L. Duffy Merck 15
#24 Julia Hirschberg AT&T 15
#26 Gene Coll Diamond Communication Products 14
#26 Gerard P. Canevari ExxonMobil 14
#26 Richard B. Toupence Merck 14
#29 Kenneth J. Fitch Merck 13
#29 Nanfei Zou Bristol-Myers Squibb 13
#29 Guizhen Dong Merck 13
#32 Edward W. Walls, Jr. Isp Investments 12
#32 Jose S. Duca Schering 12
#32 Harold E. Deen ExxonMobil 12
#35 Avishay Katz AT&T 11
#35 John Didzbalis Mars, Incorporated 11
#35 William A. Thornton, Jr. Westinghouse Electric 11
#38 Mark Salerno C Technologies 10
#38 Adam Louis Buchsbaum AT&T 10
#38 Salem Fevrier Merck 10
#38 Ann Greene The Genlyte Group Incorporated 10
#42 Denise M. Barthomeuf ExxonMobil 9
#42 Jacqueline S. Curran Engelhard 9
#42 Regina M. Black Merck 9
#42 Joseph A. Sissano ExxonMobil 9
#42 Aaron H. Leeman Merck 9
#42 Paul DeBiasse Heinz-Glas Usa 9
#42 Peter Gilman Selfridge Ncr 9
#42 Maria F. Fernandez AT&T 9
#42 William G. Lester AT&T 9

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