Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fulton, MD ranks #4,490 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 613 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fulton, MD include Blackberry Limited, Applied Nanostructured Solutions, University Of Maryland, College Park. That works out to 103.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William E. McKinzie, III Blackberry Limited 87
2 Tushar K. Shah Applied Nanostructured Solutions 60
3 Eric D. Wachsman University Of Maryland, College Park 39
#4 Gregory D. Cooper Pixelligent Technologies 28
#5 Jia-Bin Huang Young Optics 24
#5 Yifei Mo University Of Maryland, College Park 24
#7 Axel Krieger Children'S National Medical Center 23
#8 Jerry A. Krill The Johns Hopkins University 22
#8 George E. Peoples Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine 22
#10 Michael Joseph Stepanek Cisco 20
#11 Ellison Anne Williams Enveil 19
#12 Jeffrey S. Pulskamp US Army 18
#13 Angela Brodie University Of Maryland, Baltimore 14
#14 Christopher Alan Tensmeyer Adobe 13
#15 Harold W. Sandusky US Air Force 12
#16 Piotr J. Walczak IBM 11
#17 Ian Chamberlin Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 9
#18 David Boyd Opnet Technologies Co. 7
#18 Rene Vidal Midiagnostics Nv 7
#20 Douglas A. Turner G.T. Styling 6
#20 Michael A. Krainak NASA 6
#20 Byong Yong Yi University Of Maryland, Baltimore 6
#20 Tom Yu Novellus Systems 6
#20 James A Xanthos Cellco Partnership 6
#25 Mortimer P. Roche 5
#25 Ryan T. Hayleck US Air Force 5
#25 Donald Fentress Genlyte Thomas Group 5
#28 Dharmesh P. Patel US Air Force 4
#28 John A. Antoniades US Air Force 4
#28 Edward M. Dougherty, III USDA 4
#28 Anthony P. Antoniades Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
#28 Jeff Bulte The Johns Hopkins University 4
#28 James G. Monthie Lsi 4
#28 Norman H. Adams The Johns Hopkins University 4
#28 Kimber L. Burley Instant Systems 4
#36 Bruce Mayhew Sonatype 3
#36 Timothy P. Magnani Northrop Grumman 3
#36 Futoshi YUMOTO Merkle 3
#36 Eric Bednash 3
#36 Jonathan Halstuch 3
#36 Salahudin M. Nimer The Johns Hopkins University 3
#36 Adam J. Attinello Eoriginal 3
#36 Lauren Q. Rhee 3
#44 Carl Justin Thacker 2
#44 Edwin E. Warburton Unknown 2
#44 Freeman K. Hill The Johns Hopkins University 2
#44 Yuanchao Zhang 2
#44 Clay Cross Besser 2
#44 Virgil Davis University Research Foundation 2
#44 Fredrick Towner Praevium Research 2

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