Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lanham, MD ranks #7,790 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 287 patents from 100 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lanham, MD include Micron, Infinera, M87. That works out to 25.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 100 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Syed Sajid Ahmad Micron 55
2 Frederick G. Johnson Infinera 17
3 Tuan Ta M87 12
#4 Ming Lu Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 10
#4 Ronald S. Ace Unknown 10
#6 Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams Pixelligent Technologies 9
#7 Dieter R. Lohrmann US Army 8
#8 Michael J. Marchywka US Air Force 6
#8 James Smith Intel 6
#8 Wendy A. Baker Corning Incorporated 6
#11 Robert M. Meloy Fisher Controls International 5
#11 Phyllis A. W. Martin USDA 5
#13 Jaganmohan B. L. Rao US Air Force 4
#13 Roland H. Chase Unknown 4
#13 John Van Antwerp 4
#13 Mehdi Kalantari Khandani University Of Maryland 4
#13 Carol B. Mills 4
#18 Grealie A. Andrews US Air Force 3
#18 Zehra Serpil Gonen-Williams 3
#18 Susan L. Brandow US Air Force 3
#18 Upendra D. Desai 3
#18 David Christopher Amaral 3
#18 Simeon Kolawole Adesina Howard University 3
#18 Muhammad Abdulla Mastercard 3
#18 Christopher Todd Lindsay US Air Force 3
#18 Alita M. Parker Bell Atlantic Network Services 3
#27 Alexander Rilee Palantir Technologies 2
#27 Henry D. Obler NASA 2
#27 Richard Michael Phillips Petroleum 2
#27 Kenneth M. Herman 2
#27 Donald L. Walton 2
#27 Raymond J. Stattel NASA 2
#27 John Paulkovich NASA 2
#27 Oswald G. Addison, Jr. 2
#27 Bernard Salemie 2
#27 Barry Jones Johnson Controls Technology 2
#27 Saheed Oluwasegun Fawehinmi 2
#27 Velma M. D. Anderson 2
#27 Sukanta Dutta University Of Maryland 2
#27 Paul John Boudreaux National Security Agency 2
#27 Sundar Rajagopalan Siebel Systems 2
#27 Vinayak Sachidananda Nike 2
#27 Thomas J. Hanyok 2
#44 Jaquial Durham 1
#44 Hsiang-Yu Liu 1
#44 Coit T. Hendley, IV The Government Of The United States Of America, As Represent By The Secretary Of The Navy 1
#44 Shahana Pagen 1
#44 Colt T. Hendley, IV US Air Force 1
#44 Manolito Torralba J. Craig Venter Institute 1
#44 Isah Umar 1

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