Ellsworth, ME ranks #17,323 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 84 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ellsworth, ME include Virdia, Athenium, Battelle Memorial Institute. That works out to 10.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Alan Lawson | Virdia | 16 |
| 2 | Gary Robinson | Athenium | 15 |
| 3 | Jeffrey D. Saffer | Battelle Memorial Institute | 10 |
| #4 | Douglas E. Sprague | IBM | 8 |
| #5 | G. Charles Ostermeier | The Jackson Laboratory | 5 |
| #6 | William W. Sheldon | Unknown | 3 |
| #6 | Louis A. Profenno | The Jackson Laboratory | 3 |
| #6 | Jane S. Farley | The Jackson Laboratory | 3 |
| #9 | David V. Serreze | The Jackson Laboratory | 2 |
| #9 | Scott A. Flagg | — | 2 |
| #9 | Jeremy Robert Hicks | Cisco | 2 |
| #9 | Richard T. Wenstrom | Sea Savory | 2 |
| #9 | Gary Naumovitz | — | 2 |
| #9 | James Allen Lawson | Virdia | 2 |
| #9 | Shannon Byers | The Jackson Laboratory | 2 |
| #16 | K. David Shelton | Unknown | 1 |
| #16 | Muneer Gulamhusein Hasham | The Jackson Laboratory | 1 |
| #16 | Muneer Gulamhusien Hasham | The Jackson Laboratory | 1 |
| #16 | Lorraine Strauss Stanley | Unknown | 1 |
| #16 | Philip R. Standel | Fmc | 1 |
| #16 | Michael S. Handzel | Champion International Corporation Limited | 1 |
| #16 | James P. Szafranski | — | 1 |
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