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Germantown, MD All Time

4,828 patents  ·  905 inventors  ·  52.9/1k pop.

Ranked #696 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Germantown, MD ranks #696 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,828 patents from 905 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Germantown, MD include Hughes Network Systems, Cerebri Ai, Senseonics, Incorporated. That works out to 52.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 905 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lin-Nan Lee Hughes Network Systems 151
2 Mustafa Eroz Hughes Network Systems 126
3 Karen Ketchum — 80
#4 Alain Charles Briancon Cerebri Ai 79
#5 Andrew DeHennis Senseonics, Incorporated 78
#6 Feng-Wen Sun Directv 77
#7 Dan Shen Intel 69
#8 Douglas E. Brough Genvec 61
#8 Li Li Futurewei Technologies 61
#10 Ming-Hui Wei — 59
#11 John Border Hughes Network Systems 56
#12 George Choquette Hughes Network Systems 54
#13 Gale Smith Novavax 53
#14 Abhi Chavan Cardiac Pacemakers 51
#14 Scott D. Casavant Directv 51
#16 Genshe Chen Intel 47
#17 Li Liu Johnson & Johnson 42
#18 John Corrigan Hughes Network Systems 41
#19 Jeremy Emken Senseonics, Incorporated 36
#19 John Brian Mumm Deka Biosciences 36
#21 Xinhua Zhao Solazyme 32
#21 Yi-Fan Li United Microelectronics 32
#21 Flossie Wong-Staal University of California 32
#21 Louis Clark Codexis 32
#25 Marlene Michelle Dressman Vanda Pharmaceuticals 30
#26 Johnathan S. Coursey Canon 29
#27 Aris Mardirossian Tech Patents 28
#27 Jason G. D. Gall Genvec 28
#29 Jing-Hui Tian Novavax 27
#29 Philip Huffstetler Senseonics, Incorporated 27
#31 Murali Regunathan Hughes Network Systems 26
#31 Peter Hudson Human Genome Sciences 26
#31 James Wilbur Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 26
#31 Joon Chatterjee 3M 26
#35 Sami Kanderian Medtronic 24
#35 Michael W. Pantoliano 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals 24
#35 Paritosh Tyagi Genband Us 24
#38 Belinda Turner Zih 23
#38 Brian Austin Self Becton, Dickinson And 23
#40 Peng Cheng BOE 22
#40 Aitan Ameti Zih 22
#40 Tariqul Islam Andrew 22
#43 James Masciotti Senseonics, Incorporated 21
#43 Archana Gharpuray Hughes Network Systems 21
#45 Sanat Mohanty 3M 20
#46 Janak Khimchand Padia Warner-Lambert Company 19
#46 Fangcheng Gong — 19
#46 Curt D. Wolfgang Vanda Pharmaceuticals 19
#46 Wing-Pui Kong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 19
#50 Xinri Cong Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 17

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