Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fallston, MD ranks #4,333 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 643 patents from 105 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fallston, MD include Becton, Dickinson And, Black & Decker, Milwaukee Electric Tool. That works out to 69.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 105 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dwight Livingston Becton, Dickinson And 93
2 Paul S. White Black & Decker 50
3 Dale K. Wheeler Black & Decker 46
#4 Thomas R. Kaye, Jr. Black & Decker 43
#5 Michael Varipatis Black & Decker 28
#5 Bernhard Palm Milwaukee Electric Tool 28
#7 Hsuan-Yin Lan-Hargest Errant Gene Therapeutics 19
#8 Timothy James Kipp Oxide Interactive 18
#9 Christopher C. Smyth US Army 17
#10 Cyrus Etemad-Moghadam Qvella 15
#11 Joseph Berthold Ciena 13
#12 Aman Magoon Nayya Health 12
#12 Akash Magoon Nayya Health 12
#12 Harry J. Walters Oberg Industries 12
#15 Michael J. Baum Becton, Dickinson And 11
#15 Janet M. Embrey Black & Decker 11
#17 Brian J. Deaver, Sr. Current Technologies 9
#17 Kevin S. Agan Black & Decker 9
#19 David A. Sack South Dakota State University 8
#19 Richard E. Walton, II Black & Decker 8
#21 Timothy G. Foley, Jr. Becton, Dickinson And 7
#22 Jeffrey Norris Intel 6
#22 Lawrence P. Hetzel Applied Nanostructured Solutions 6
#22 Craig Bark Becton, Dickinson And 6
#25 John Browning Ezshield 5
#25 Steven Davis Eft Network 5
#27 Kevin McHenry Outokumpu Oyj 4
#27 Kenneth D. Long Black & Decker 4
#27 Samuel Eshelman Black & Decker 4
#27 David A. Rainey Mccormick & Company 4
#27 C. Michael Gosnell Becton, Dickinson And 4
#27 Dennis G. Haun Unknown 4
#27 Harry A. Brown, Jr. US Army 4
#27 Joseph Bova Visteon Global Technologies 4
#35 Albert F. Becher US Army 3
#35 James Wren Triad National Security 3
#35 Glenn Gaines Lpp Combustion, Llc. 3
#35 David Hammond Sliney Eyelock 3
#35 Curtis M. Gosnell Becton, Dickinson And 3
#35 John S. COMBS JPMorgan Chase 3
#35 Connor T. Mohan Black & Decker 3
#35 James P. Haire Maryland Cup 3
#35 Dale C. Grieb Black & Decker 3
#35 John M. Shenton, III 3
#35 Lowry J. Brooks, Jr. US Army 3
#46 Jessica Lynn Waligora Mccormick & Company 2
#46 Louise D. Kokinakis US Army 2
#46 Bruce A. Stern American Cyanamid 2
#46 Albert P. Becher US Army 2
#46 Louis P. Tychonievich Wang Laboratories 2

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