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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kingston, RI ranks #8,225 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 266 patents from 70 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kingston, RI include US Air Force, Yale University, Salesforce. That works out to 34.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 70 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul M. Dunn US Air Force 37
2 Oleg A. Andreev Yale University 20
2 Yana K. Reshetnyak Yale University 20
#4 James Barnes Salesforce 15
#5 Christopher Scott Thompson Eaton 14
#6 Sze Cheng Yang State of Rhode Island 13
#7 Matthew Jarod Scherer Antaya Technologies 9
#8 He Cao State of Rhode Island 7
#9 Walter G. Besio State of Rhode Island 6
#9 Stephen V. Letcher State of Rhode Island 6
#9 Ahmed S Zaki US Air Force 6
#9 Osama Ibrahim Kuwait University 6
#9 John Oeschger US Air Force 6
#9 A. Garth Rand State of Rhode Island 6
#15 William J. Harrold RTX (Raytheon) 4
#15 Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara Council On Postsecondary Education 4
#15 Tung-Ching Lee Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 4
#15 Robert B. Kelley University Of Rhode Island 4
#15 Christopher J. Langdon Oregon State University 4
#15 Bharat Madhavan Aidance Skincare & Topical Solutions 4
#21 Buddini I. Karawdeniya Council On Postsecondary Education 3
#21 David J. Wohl Hasbro 3
#21 Wilfred H. Nelson State of Rhode Island 3
#21 Philip Datseris 3
#21 Hitesh Kumar Agarwal State of Rhode Island 3
#21 Nevan Hanumara MIT 3
#27 Stuart K. Beazley US Air Force 2
#27 Henrique A. S. Martins Agilent Technologies 2
#27 Jan Arwood Northby Unknown 2
#27 Frank D. Fratantonio Image Acoustics 2
#27 Dylan Schmid 2
#27 Linfeng Sun Chengdu University Of Technology 2
#27 Emily L. Guzas US Air Force 2
#27 David C. Laux Akzo Nobel N.V. 2
#27 Richard Vaccaro Mitsubishi Electric 2
#36 Donald Engleman 1
#36 Mwlod Ghareeb 1
#36 Indrani Chakraborty Council On Postsecondary Education 1
#36 Jonathan N. Canino Council On Postsecondary Education 1
#36 David Chelidze Penn State 1
#36 Vincent C. Rose Board Of Governors For Higher Education, State Of Rhode Island 1
#36 Richard Dalterio State of Rhode Island 1
#36 Bruno Vittimberga State of Rhode Island 1
#36 Harbans Lal Richardson Merrell 1
#36 David C. Vanderpyl Mossberg Industries 1
#36 Ali C. Sayder 1
#36 Leland B. Jackson 1
#36 Nelson S. Chou Ralston Purina 1
#36 Alok Ghanekar Rhode Island Council On Postsecondary Education 1
#36 Susan S. Kirschenbaum US Air Force 1

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