Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fairfield, CT ranks #842 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,975 patents from 661 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairfield, CT include Igt, Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa.

Showing 1–50 of 661 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen C. Tulley Igt 243
2 Robert C. Tedesco Igt 137
3 David Shafer Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 133
#4 Daniel Peter Sterling Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 109
#5 James E. McCay The Procter & Gamble 86
#6 Daniel Thomas Piorkowski Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 80
#7 Lehmann K. Li Li Medical Technologies 77
#8 Daniel C. Krook IBM 47
#9 John Brower Hubbell Incorporated 42
#10 Stacey Gifford IBM 41
#11 Frank E. Gonda Lever Brothers Company, Division Of Conopco 37
#11 James M. Valentine Clean Diesel Technologies 37
#13 Anne E. Nixon The Sun Products 36
#14 Anthony B. Rorke Black & Decker 34
#15 Jon Wilson United States Surgical 33
#16 Jose A. Suarez Igt 32
#17 Danian Zheng GE 31
#18 David Trost Coherent 30
#18 R. Clark DuBois Gradco/Dendoki 30
#20 Kurt Azarbarzin Surgiquest 29
#20 Delbert Auray Bridgeport Fittings 29
#20 J. Donald Carruthers Advanced Technology & Materials Co. 29
#20 Peter Mahr Deutsche Thomson-Brandt Gmbh 29
#24 Michael Charles Cheney Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa, Division Of Conopco 26
#24 Sin-Min Chang Domanicom 26
#24 Jeffrey S. Rubin US Dept of Health & Human Services 26
#27 Evan N. Chen Warner-Lambert Company 25
#28 Edward T. Rude General Clutch 22
#28 Robert C. Reid Intuitive Surgical 22
#28 Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh Fuelcell Energy 22
#31 William Gartland Broadridge Fixed Income Liquidity Solutions 21
#31 Peter J. Schirmann Ciba-Geigy 21
#31 Martin M. Vasas The Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing 21
#31 Dennis Overfield Mannkind 21
#35 Wilbert C. Brown Tie Communications 20
#35 Joseph B. Sugrue Pitney Bowes 20
#35 Michael H. Kalmanash Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics 20
#38 Alyssa J. Dassa Arrow International Investment 19
#38 Rajnish Jain Protegrity 19
#38 Edward T. Hessell Chemtura 19
#41 Michelle Kampel Conair 18
#41 Michael Knorr Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 18
#41 Maurice M. Klee J. I. Case 18
#41 Jeffrey E. Ransden Boston Scientific Scimed 18
#45 Valentin Luca 17
#45 Kerry L. Shaklee Sienna Imaging 17
#45 Roy J. Lahr Crative 17
#45 Christopher W. Ryan Wilson Sporting Goods 17
#49 James P. Howes 16
#49 Marta Phillips Acme United 16

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