Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kingston, MA ranks #7,168 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 326 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kingston, MA include Smith & Nephew, Semrock, Depuy Spine. That works out to 57.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard M. Lunn Smith & Nephew 51
2 Turan Erdogan Semrock 37
3 Timothy Beardsley Depuy Spine 27
#4 Ryan Hartman Schlumberger Technology 24
#5 Lawrence T. Kirwan, Jr. Kirwan Surgical Products 23
#6 James Adams USAA 14
#7 Aimee S. Goncalves Toyota 13
#8 Byung Ha Chun Fmr 12
#8 John Canning The University Of Sydney 12
#10 Robert C. Cole The Aerospace 8
#11 Richard Dunlop 7
#12 William E. Frey Smiths Medical Asd 6
#13 Billie J. Kline Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 5
#13 Charles Welch Les Équipements D'Érablière Cdl 5
#13 Robert T. Boyd Kirwan Surgical Products 5
#16 John A. Cloud, III Panasonic 4
#16 Edward H. Kislauskis Endocellutions 4
#16 John Lucey 4
#16 Charles Minor Millennium Pharmaceuticals 4
#20 Marc D. Pierce Litecontrol 3
#20 James Angelo Libby Polygon Medical 3
#20 Stephen Fried 3
#20 Joonho Moon The Nielsen Company (Us) 3
#20 Joseph L. Chaves 3
#25 Eric J. LaValle Guardair 2
#25 Chadwick J. Whitcher Kirwan Surgical Products 2
#25 Wayne R. Knupp, Jr. Vitalitec International 2
#25 Craig S. Teuten 2
#25 Tim Beardsley Codman & Shurtleff 2
#25 Richard C. Eriksson 2
#25 Yves Destenaves Acumentrics 2
#25 Rafael Montes Acushnet 2
#25 Justin Evan Manley 2
#34 William H. Deacon 1
#34 Václav Jur{hacek over (c)}ík Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 1
#34 Joseph Anthony Bazzinotti Whirlpool 1
#34 Brian Spires 1
#34 Rick Lunn Smith & Nephew 1
#34 Laurence H. Beck Boston Medical Center 1
#34 Jeremy J. Manning E Ink Holdings 1
#34 George Hajnasr 1
#34 Eric Adel Kafrawy 1
#34 Leo P. Coyer 1
#34 Sean P. Colin Caltech 1
#34 Peter D. Orszulak 1
#34 Peter J. Tierney Omgeo 1
#34 George Nasr 1
#34 Brian Wildman 1
#34 Stephen A. Sciandra 1
#34 Jeannine Elaine Malcolm 1

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