Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gales Ferry, CT ranks #4,416 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 626 patents from 101 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gales Ferry, CT include Rorer Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, Binney & Smith. That works out to 540.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 101 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald E. Kuhla Rorer Pharmaceutical 67
2 Bruce Lefker Pfizer 51
3 Richard A. Tarozzi Binney & Smith 47
#4 Mark E. Flanagan Pfizer 45
#5 Ralph P. Robinson Pfizer 31
#6 Arthur A. Nagel Pfizer 27
#7 Lawrence Alan Reiter Pfizer 20
#8 John P. Dirlam Pfizer 18
#8 Scot A. Webb RTX (Raytheon) 18
#8 Brian Bronk Pfizer 18
#11 Alan L. Kriz Dekalb Genetics 15
#12 Paul D. Weeks Pfizer 14
#13 Richard J. Carpenter Hamilton Sundstrand 13
#14 John Ragan Pfizer 12
#14 Avinash Thombre Pfizer 12
#16 Judith Treadway Pfizer 11
#17 Patrick J. Monahan US Air Force 10
#18 Clifford N. Meltz Pfizer 9
#19 Gordon D. Gruetzmacher Pfizer 8
#20 Michael K. Swann Delaware Capital Formation 7
#20 Martha L. Minich Pfizer 7
#22 Mark A. Guadliana Pfizer 6
#22 Barbara E. Segelstein Pfizer 6
#22 Ramalakshmi Yegna Chandrasekaran Pfizer 6
#25 B. Kenneth Koe Pfizer 5
#25 Paul Elliott Northwestern University 5
#25 James K. Loy Bristol-Myers Squibb 5
#25 Michael T. Wuesthoff Pfizer 5
#25 Dennis M. Fenton Pfizer 5
#30 Edward J. Tynan, III Pfizer 4
#30 Peter J. Oates Pfizer 4
#30 Gaston O. Daumy Pfizer 4
#30 Luis Angel Martinez-Alsina Pfizer 4
#30 Thomas O. Baudro Proto-Power 4
#30 Kenneth John Dirico Pfizer 4
#36 William J. Prysner US Air Force 3
#36 Jennifer Anne Nicki Pfizer 3
#36 David Midolo Unknown 3
#36 Judson C. Philips Pfizer 3
#36 Jeffrey A. Gateman Pitney Bowes 3
#36 William L. Bohannan Unknown 3
#36 Karl Yetter Hubbell Incorporated 3
#36 Barry J. Morton Pfizer 3
#36 Jennifer L. Rutherford Pfizer 3
#45 Shane Karnik Medlogic Global Limited 2
#45 Michael Roy Pfizer 2
#45 Christopher F. Hoth 2
#45 Kevin Alexander Ogilvie Pfizer 2
#45 Kenneth Perkins Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
#45 Bijan Rasadi Pfizer 2

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