Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Frederick, MD ranks #873 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,817 patents from 816 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Frederick, MD include Google, The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services, Digital Signal. That works out to 48.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 816 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gang Wang Google 319
2 Dimiter S. Dimitrov The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 97
3 Richard L. Sebastian Digital Signal 65
#4 Peter Pushko Novavax 57
#5 Eric Jones Howmedica Osteonics 53
#6 Zhongyu Zhu The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 49
#7 Michael J. Simon One Media 48
#8 Yaw S. Obeng AT&T 43
#9 James L. Hartley Thermo Fisher 42
#10 Yanping Wang Betta Pharmaceuticals Co. 41
#11 Sandra E. Wassink Advancis Pharmaceutical 35
#12 Oliver S. King Rockwell Collins 31
#13 Dan Scheffer Vorbeck Materials 30
#14 Sheeno Thyparambil Expression Pathology 29
#14 Sina Bavari US Army 29
#14 Joseph A. Hrabie US Dept of Health & Human Services 29
#14 Jennifer Parker Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 29
#18 Kirk R. Gustafson US Dept of Health & Human Services 27
#18 Thomas W. Bugler Evapco 27
#20 James B. McMahon US Dept of Health & Human Services 26
#20 Michael Eissenstat Sequoia Pharmaceuticals 26
#22 Bo Chen Genzyme 25
#22 Sanjay K. Phogat International Aids Vaccine Initiative 25
#24 Thomas Rogers Alarm.Com Incorporated 23
#24 Patrick J. Muraca Nuclea Biotechnologies 23
#26 Joseph T. Miller Mocap 21
#26 Gary F. Gerard Invitrogen 21
#26 James T. Dolan Fusion Lighting 21
#29 Brian Kurz Wabtec Holding 20
#29 Michael Dean The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 20
#29 Charles Quentin Davis Wellstat Diagnostics 20
#32 Wei Shao 19
#32 Steven Greenberg Aol 19
#32 David M. McNamara Teradyne 19
#32 Peter Wood Schlumberger Technology 19
#36 Robert Lundahl Advanced Technology & Research 17
#36 Brad St. Croix Biomed Valley Discoveries 17
#36 Justin Streufert Palantir Technologies 17
#36 Lawrence B. Marsh Marsh-Mcbirney 17
#40 Barry R. O'Keefe The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 16
#40 Randy Clayton Autani 16
#40 Kenneth E. Gray Juniper Networks 16
#43 Robert C. Moschel Penn State 15
#43 George M. Weinstock University Of Texas System 15
#45 Peter M. Blumberg US Dept of Health & Human Services 14
#45 Joseph Chong Belkin International 14
#45 Ash Kapur Broadcom 14
#45 Stephen W. Byers Adherex Technologies 14
#45 David E. Booth Becton, Dickinson And 14
#50 Xin Hu The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 13

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