Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Harvard, MA ranks #1,538 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,183 patents from 258 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Harvard, MA include Qualcomm, The First Years, Micron.

Showing 1–50 of 258 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John W. Ketchum Qualcomm 134
2 Bryan R. Hotaling The First Years 126
3 Ning Chen Micron 102
#4 Li-Shiang Liang Evoqua Water Technologies 70
#5 Andrew Fensome Pfizer 69
#6 Michael Kilian Emc 64
#7 Alexander Latham Allegro Microsystems 62
#8 Thomas V. Sikina RTX (Raytheon) 55
#9 Kenneth L. Carr Meridian Medical Systems 47
#10 Peter J. Coassin Aurora Biosciences 41
#10 Ellalahewage Sathyajith Kumarasinghe Modernatx 41
#12 Bradford B. Glade Emc 40
#13 Brian S. Merrow Teradyne 37
#14 Douglas C. Dayton Umagination Labs 36
#15 Thomas P. Monath Acambis 34
#16 Robert J. Ledoux Passport Systems 31
#17 Patrick Sobalvarro Veo Robotics 30
#18 Peter Zuk, Jr. Hemasure 29
#19 William Folwell Barton Amazon 28
#20 Doug Williams Diebold 26
#21 Benjamin FrantzDale Formlabs 24
#22 Kenneth P. Gall Mevion Medical Systems 22
#23 Thomas Metzmaker Dexcom 20
#24 F. William French Emc 19
#25 David Peterson Oracle 18
#25 Stephen Jeffrey Morris Vidsys 18
#25 Philip T. Robinson 3Com 18
#28 John David Rowatt Schlumberger Technology 17
#28 Carl Beckett Covaris 17
#28 Michael E. Lipman Cisco 17
#28 Richard J. Molnar Elsag International B. V. 17
#32 Patricia Hurter Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 16
#32 Thomas R. Horrall Cambridge Sound Management 16
#34 Vincent Galullo Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 15
#34 William D. Strecker Digital Equipment 15
#34 Grant Taylor E-Imagedata 15
#34 Kurt Nygren Dorel Juvenile Group 15
#38 Patrick R. Connelly Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 14
#38 Denis H. deRuijter Plexxi 14
#38 Jayesh Patel Pure Storage 14
#38 Noyan Kinayman Anokiwave 14
#42 Anthony Serino Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag 13
#42 Vincent Fedele Voice Systems Technology 13
#44 Christopher W. Gunner 12
#44 Ryan R. Begin Divert 12
#44 David F. Winchell AT&T 12
#44 Robert Dickson Oracle 12
#48 Brian Noble Assurance Medical 11
#48 James W. Getz Axsun Technologies 11
#48 Xunce Zhou Dell Products 11

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