Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Highland, MD ranks #7,101 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 331 patents from 77 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Highland, MD include Datadirect Networks, Intel, Cellectis Sa. That works out to 292.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 77 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jason M. Cope Datadirect Networks 21
1 Edward R. Stanford Intel 21
3 Alan D. King Cellectis Sa 20
#4 Clifford Allen Jennings Oceaneering International 17
#5 Mark M. Hasegawa 16
#6 Graham K. Hubler US Air Force 15
#7 Carl Theodore Edens Qiagen Gaithersburg 13
#7 Richard P. Blye US Dept of Health & Human Services 13
#9 Paul Szczepanek Cidra 11
#10 Ramani Duraiswami University Of Maryland 10
#11 R. Michael Phillippi System Planning 9
#11 Wayne I. Sternberger The Johns Hopkins University 9
#13 Protagoras N. Cutchis The Johns Hopkins University 8
#13 Barry L. Mersky Audiodontics 8
#15 Michael Paul Wolf Mike'S Train House 7
#16 George W. Burton Johnsen & Jorgensen Plastics Limited 6
#16 Kenneth Orville MacFadden W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 6
#16 James D. Jensen US Air Force 6
#19 France Carrier University Of Maryland, Baltimore 5
#19 Martha Dunbar Ciena 5
#19 Michael Flester Area 1 Security 5
#22 Charles B. Cooperman The Johns Hopkins University 4
#22 Jason W. Nascone Zimmer 4
#22 Yuefang Huang Elanco Us 4
#22 Matthew Kaiser Curbell Medical Products 4
#26 Richard M. Phillippi US Army 3
#26 Jason Bolles The Nielsen Company (Us) 3
#26 Michael R. Grever Ohio State University 3
#26 Brendan Iribe Autodesk 3
#26 Charles Edward Dexter Bae Systems Aerospace Electronics 3
#26 Stanley J. Gourse Litton Systems 3
#26 Vernon G. Pursel USDA 3
#26 Aaron Ephraim Bard 3
#26 Frank D. Mills USDA 3
#26 Angelo D. Kachemov Honeywell 3
#36 Hans W. Maurer 2
#36 Khan M. Siddiqui Microsoft 2
#36 George L. Boarman 2
#36 Vicky L. Karen US Dept of Commerce 2
#36 John A. Tesk US Dept of Commerce 2
#36 Andrey Topin Sequoia Pharmaceuticals 2
#36 Eric N. Shatzer 2
#36 R. Kelly Frazer The Johns Hopkins University 2
#36 Edward P. Rudden 2
#36 Oliver Charles Lawless Unknown 2
#36 David L. Mowery Northrop Grumman 2
#36 Brendan S. Surrusco 2
#48 Donald J. Pastine US Air Force 1
#48 Patricia C. Grose 1
#48 Harold D. Black The Johns Hopkins University 1

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