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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maplewood, NJ ranks #2,268 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,393 patents from 263 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maplewood, NJ include Sun World International, Visible World, Colgate-Palmolive.

Showing 1–50 of 263 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terry A. Bacon Sun World International 100
2 Gerrit Niemeijer Visible World 79
3 Al Sprosta Colgate-Palmolive 57
#4 Lance E. Hazelton Helen Of Troy Limited 47
#5 Jessica H. Schwartzberg Kraft Foods Holdings 35
#6 Paul Robert Kolodner Alcatel Lucent 34
#7 Robert R. Wilkening Merck 33
#8 Michael Hoey Basf Se 29
#9 Won R. Song ExxonMobil 26
#10 Andrew Milne Chicago Mercantile Exchange 25
#10 Brendan Kelly U.S. Philips 25
#12 Bryce Simmons Digital Global Systems 23
#12 Philip Harris Frank Mako Surgical 23
#12 Mark King Trayvax Enterprises 23
#15 Edward Stanley Szurkowski AT&T 20
#16 David Lee Applegate AT&T 19
#17 Daniel Furman AT&T 18
#18 Brett T. Loveless ExxonMobil 17
#19 Michael Jaffe New Jersey Institute Of Technology 15
#19 H. Clay Linstid, III Ticona 15
#21 Konstantinos P. Giapis Caltech 14
#22 Philippe Rabbat Basf Se 13
#22 Philip Mackenzie AT&T 13
#24 Leslie D. Franklin Building Materials Investment 12
#24 Tadeusz W. Langner Engelhard 12
#26 Gerard Ryan Wickr 11
#26 Paul A. Papanestor 11
#26 George Collins New Jersey Institute Of Technology 11
#26 R. Bruce Van Dover AT&T 11
#26 Henry Baird AT&T 11
#26 Yu Feng Reachforce 11
#26 Steven Hatch Amazon 11
#33 Ghen Saito Rave Wireless 10
#33 Herbert Riegel 10
#33 Ruediger Schmitt Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 10
#36 Alan S. Rojer 9
#36 Martin H. G. Deeg Hoechst Celanese 9
#38 Cedric DeLaCruz AT&T 8
#38 Pranela Rameshwar University Of Medicine And Dentistry Of New Jersey 8
#38 Martin I. Reiman 8
#38 Scott Berk Merck 8
#38 William R. Jaworski Unknown 8
#38 Hans-Joachim Lewerenz Bell Telephone Laboratories 8
#38 William J. MacKnight University Of Massachusetts 8
#38 David Abusch-Magder Alcatel Lucent 8
#46 Bruce N. Perry ExxonMobil 7
#46 Richard C. Baubles Jacobson Mfg. Co. 7
#46 Emmanuel Ulysse ExxonMobil 7
#46 Earle Kebbekus American Air Liquide 7
#46 Shlomo Antika ExxonMobil 7

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