Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lowell, MA ranks #1,097 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,095 patents from 739 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lowell, MA include Reebok International Limited, The Procter & Gamble, Idera Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 26.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 739 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul E. Litchfield Reebok International Limited 92
2 David Edward Wilson The Procter & Gamble 77
3 Dong Yu Idera Pharmaceuticals 67
#4 Rodney Jane Duracraft 43
#4 Nareak Douk Medtronic 43
#6 Kevin Staid Procept Biorobotics 38
#7 Mark A. Saab Advanced Polymers 36
#8 Jean-Marc Mourant IBM 34
#9 Timothy F. Stever Zoll Medical 28
#10 James Saunders Great Neck Saw Manufacturers 26
#10 Mohammad Raashid ANSARI Qualcomm 26
#12 Philip E. Tamer Emc 25
#13 Yunzhou Li Nortel Networks Limited 24
#14 Bin Wu E Ink Holdings 23
#14 Kenneth A. Ritsher PepsiCo 23
#16 Andrew R. Southworth RTX (Raytheon) 21
#16 Cristiano Bazzani Macom Technology Solutions Holdings 21
#16 William Zahavi Emc 21
#16 Ramon Estevez Boston Scientific Scimed 21
#20 Philip E. Stanley Honeywell 20
#20 Asif Chishti Hyperion Catalysis International 20
#20 Robert C. Frame Digital Equipment 20
#23 Michael Colena Oracle 19
#24 Jeffrey S. Somers Stratus Technologies Bermuda 18
#24 Peter Grynaeus Carl Freudenberg Kg 18
#24 Robert Pinard Historx 18
#27 Vikram Venkatadri Analog Devices 17
#27 Mark S. Chagnon Advanced Magnetics 17
#27 Savvas Hadjikyriacou Dow Corning 17
#27 Rodney J. Solomon Philips 17
#27 Xianhai Chen Sipix Imaging 17
#32 Sacha Tang Boston Scientific Scimed 16
#32 PJ Anand Alcyone Lifesciences 16
#32 Manuel J. Veiga Bradford Industries 16
#35 Philip Wuthrich Comera Life Sciences 15
#35 Michael J. O'Malley Emc 15
#35 Kezia Cheng Skyworks Solutions 15
#35 Timothy J. Krieger Carrus Capital 15
#35 Pattabhiraman Krishna Quake Global 15
#35 Donald H. Kendall US Army 15
#41 Thomas J. Black, Jr. Ferrofluidics 14
#41 Richard Urmston Emc 14
#43 Suizhou Yang Polnox 13
#43 James William Kirk Gozney Group Limited 13
#43 Aaron J. Teller Teller Environmental Systems 13
#43 Robert W. Greene Peregrine Semiconductor 13
#43 Terrance B. Tripp H.C. Starck 13
#43 Terrence Kelly Integra Biosciences Ag 13
#43 Zachary Hastings Canon 13
#43 Wayne Kennan Macom Technology Solutions Holdings 13

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