Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fort Lee, NJ ranks #1,502 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,242 patents from 382 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fort Lee, NJ include Qualcomm, Tremco Cpg, Pacesetter. That works out to 55.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 382 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jung Ho Ryu Qualcomm 399
2 Henry H. Bilge Tremco Cpg 60
3 Jason A. Sholder Pacesetter 47
#4 Malgorzata Steinder IBM 44
#5 Thomas Joseph Zuber Johnson & Johnson 39
#6 William Steinkraus Gramercy Products 37
#7 Matthew Zeiler Clarifai 36
#7 Eddie N. Gutierrez Lever Brothers 36
#9 Dilip Wagle Alteon 35
#10 Younglok Kim Interdigital Technology 33
#10 Douglas Thompson Piramal Glass—Usa 33
#12 Oleg Barenboim Manageiq 32
#12 Daniel Formosa 32
#14 Chang-Soon Lee LG 30
#15 Yoon Jung Heo Helen Of Troy Limited 26
#16 Ouathek Ouerfelli Sloan Kettering Institute For Cancer Research 25
#16 Leonard I. Linkow Vent-Plant 25
#18 Jay Weinstock Jayline International 24
#19 Zhi Pan L'Oreal 23
#19 Ajei Sarat Gopal IBM 23
#21 Woo Suk Lee Microsoft 22
#21 Laurent Pierrugues Ikanos Communications 22
#23 Ruhong Zhou IBM 21
#23 Joseph Garodnick Linex Technologies 21
#25 Endre A. Balazs Biomatrix 20
#26 Nanfang Yu Columbia University 19
#27 Milton Morse A.P.M. Co. 18
#27 Jane Dong Xm International 18
#29 Christopher Malon Nec Laboratories America 17
#29 Gino Morello Micromed Technology 17
#31 Donald J. Mintz ExxonMobil 16
#31 Musa Kazim Guven Verizon 16
#31 Anita Wai-Yin Chan Pfizer 16
#31 Chuanjuan Tao Columbia University 16
#31 Lily F. Chen Verizon 16
#36 Kenneth W. Cohen Westcast 15
#37 Eui-Hyeok Yang Trustees Of The Stevens Institute Of Technology 14
#38 Inder S. Gopal IBM 13
#38 Milan N. Stojanovic Columbia University 13
#38 Chi-Fung Lo Lateral Research Limited Liability 13
#38 Hiroshi Nakaizumi Sony 13
#42 Matthew Drummer Origin Company, Limited 12
#42 Dan Khasis Route4Me 12
#42 Mark A. Miller Biocon 12
#45 Barbara Helen Bory Lever Brothers Company, Division Of Conopco 11
#45 Sung Kim Payfone 11
#45 Frank L. Stein IBM 11
#45 Herbert Friedman Ivy Hill 11
#49 Philip Paolella Sony 10
#50 Robert Sato Sony 9

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