Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hingham, MA ranks #2,093 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,522 patents from 257 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hingham, MA include Elbee Pty, Analog Photonics, The Gillette Company. That works out to 254.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 257 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrew Marsden Elbee Pty 123
2 Michael Robert Watts Analog Photonics 81
3 Robert Harold Johnson The Gillette Company 63
#4 Kevin Shatzkamer Cisco 50
#5 John Patrick Maxwell Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 44
#6 Mingchih M. Tseng The Gillette Company 43
#7 Alan D. Ross Intel 42
#8 Douglas A. Wood IBM 41
#9 Tricia Walker Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 30
#10 William R. Davis Smith & Nephew 29
#11 Michael Ragusa Haemonetics 27
#12 Richard M. Beane Correx 26
#13 Matthew Dillon Motorola 22
#13 Nathan Higginson-Scott Pandion Operations 22
#15 Ralph Serna Reebok International Limited 20
#16 Justin A. Aborn General Compression 19
#17 Stuart R. Patterson Analog Devices 18
#18 Stephen Gosling Cheer Pack North America 17
#18 Paul L. Darke Epizon Pharma 17
#20 Peter J. Owens ExxonMobil 15
#20 Steven J. Sheftel Americo Manufacturing Co. 15
#20 Peter Falb Corindus 15
#20 Richard Mikuta Smith & Wesson 15
#24 Michael P. Lucas Nabisco Brands 14
#24 Heather Andrus Cisco 14
#24 Nestor Jesus Camino, Jr. 14
#27 Michael Cummings Futurity Group 13
#27 Andrew Naisby Ciba Specialty Chemicals 13
#27 Rex T. Gallagher Phyton Holdings 13
#27 John MacDougall Curagen 13
#31 James W. Overbeck Genetic Microsystems 12
#31 Kenneth Maclean Texas Instruments 12
#33 Jon A. Kenniston Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 11
#33 Amanda E. Sutton Merck 11
#35 Allen Arseneau 10
#35 Nicholas A. Accomando Identix Incorporated 10
#35 Diana Arseneau 10
#35 Ronald Carroll Dusa Pharmaceuticals 10
#35 Susan A. Slaugenhaupt The General Hospital 10
#35 Robert Russell Rhodes, Jr. Metrologic Instruments 10
#35 Michael A. Cundari Assurance Medical 10
#35 Mark Brodie IBM 10
#43 John H. Price Howard Hughes Medical Institute 9
#43 John J. McSheffrey, SR. Mija Industries 9
#45 Philip C. Carling Kleancheck Systems 8
#45 Jeff Davis Forma Therapeutics 8
#45 Harry Rein Vivint 8
#45 R. Edward Rose, Jr. 8
#49 Pavel Idelevich Analiza 7
#49 William J. Cohen Citc Industries 7

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