Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malden, MA ranks #1,277 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,631 patents from 556 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malden, MA include TSMC, Northwestern University, The Gillette Company. That works out to 39.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 556 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yu-Jen Wang TSMC 287
2 Yaunzhong Zhou Northwestern University 67
3 Michael Tinstman The Gillette Company 55
#4 Alexandre Likhanskii Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 44
#5 Charles A. Gibson C.R. Bard 43
#6 Bradley Tait Warner-Lambert Company 40
#7 Himanshu Shukla Nutanix 38
#8 Slavica Djonovic Indigo Ag 37
#9 David Wu Broadcom 34
#10 Steve T. Kondo Digital Lumens Incorporated 31
#11 Li-Te Cheng IBM 30
#12 Jing Zhang Kaistar Lighting(Xiamen) Co. 29
#12 Ashok Kumar Metatomix 29
#14 Kevin D. Chappuis Hd Lifesciences 26
#15 Christopher John Morse Irobot 25
#15 N. Laxma Reddy Cambridge Neuroscience 25
#17 Charles W. Rittershaus T2 Biosystems 23
#18 Scott Lovell Endurance International Group 21
#19 Padmanaban Sasthan Kuttipillai Fastcap Systems 18
#19 Adam J. Meuler 3M 18
#21 Hoton How Northwestern University 17
#21 Cheng-Wei Lu Solteam Electronics (Dong Guan) Co. 17
#23 Nanu Brates Osram Sylvania 16
#23 Jeffrey A. Gregory Analog Devices 16
#25 Ching-Sung Chang Inventec Appliances 15
#25 Nha Huu Vo Enanta Pharmaceuticals 15
#25 Gilman Callsen Mc10 15
#28 Christopher L. Jones Hd Lifesciences 14
#28 Erik S. Handy Gvd 14
#28 Chau C. Tran Analog Devices 14
#31 Peter Mione Azurity Pharmaceuticals 13
#31 Andrea F. Gulla Industrie De Nora S.P.A. 13
#31 Andrew Stone Broadcom 13
#34 Brian H. White Glaxosmithkline 12
#34 Matthew Miller Bluefin Labs 12
#34 Edward Morris American Cyanamid 12
#34 Irene Wong Staples The Office Superstore 12
#38 Baihua Xu Theracos 11
#38 Lev T. Perelman MIT 11
#38 Aayush Aggarwal Amazon 11
#38 Tzu-Yu Wu Canon 11
#38 Barry Francis Barnes GE 11
#38 Sefa Demirtas Analog Devices 11
#38 Arani Chanda Eisai R&D Management Co. 11
#38 John Lynch Trilogy Development Group 11
#46 Kasra Payandehjoo Sonos 10
#46 Alicia Chen Dropbox 10
#46 Manikantan Nambi Amazon 10
#46 Guang Yu Gao Perfect Curve 10
#46 Michael Tintsman Schlage Lock Company 10

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