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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laytonsville, MD ranks #10,720 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 181 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laytonsville, MD include IBM, Brandebury Tool Company, Purdue Research Foundation. That works out to 316.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Faried Abrahams IBM 46
2 William B. Harvey Brandebury Tool Company 25
3 Michael S. Kinch Purdue Research Foundation 19
#4 Matthews O. Bradley Neuromedic 15
#5 Carl Marshall Eliot Powell Verizon 11
#6 Benjamin L. Somberg Cardiac Pacemakers 8
#7 David Cordova Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 6
#7 John F. Connaughton Ventana Medical Systems 6
#9 William B. Garner Amsc Subsidiary 5
#9 Lance S. Liptak Bell Atlantic Network Services 5
#11 Douglas F. Ortega U.S. Robotics 4
#12 Kelly Carles-Kinch Purdue Research Foundation 3
#12 Kathleen M. Walsh IBM 3
#12 Gary L. Helwig 3
#15 Stephen Argo Black & Decker 2
#15 Julie Upton 2
#15 Richard L. Mantefuel Qiagen Gaithersburg 2
#18 Jeffrey Scott McDonald Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 1
#18 Edward W. Burke US Army 1
#18 Deborah R. Jaffee Ventana Medical Systems 1
#18 TE-AN CHANG Bell Atlantic Network Services 1
#18 C. David Lytle US Dept of Health & Human Services 1
#18 Joshua M. Pomeroy 1
#18 Anthony M. Chite Unknown 1
#18 Shannon M. Allcock 1
#18 Reece Folb US Air Force 1
#18 Ryan Miles Chacon 1
#18 Gregory E. Scace US Dept of Commerce 1
#18 Carl D. Lytle US Dept of Health & Human Services 1
#18 Brenda Whitehurst 3Com 1
#18 Raul Chacon 1
#18 Trevor Blake Cedars Sinai Medical Center 1
#18 Michael S. Klnch University Of Pittsburgh 1

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