Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Marblehead, MA ranks #1,367 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,455 patents from 401 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Marblehead, MA include Smith & Nephew, The Procter & Gamble, Synaptic Pharmaceutical. That works out to 120.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 401 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul Alexander Torrie Smith & Nephew 102
2 Douglas A. Marsden The Procter & Gamble 69
3 Dhanapalan Nagarathnam Synaptic Pharmaceutical 62
#4 Andrew J. Bayramian Lawrence Livermore National Security 53
#5 Todd C. Zion Akston Biosciences 50
#6 Brian J. Chemel Digital Lumens Incorporated 49
#7 John D. Fiegener Towerstar Pets 48
#8 Paul V. Fenton, Jr. Axya Medical 43
#9 Barry M. Yomtov Heartware 38
#10 Thomas D. Egan Sri International 35
#11 Daniel E. Meyer 3M 33
#11 Ralph M. Nowak The First Years 33
#11 Sidney Rose Rose Displays 33
#14 John D. Fiegener Master Lock Company 30
#15 James E. Shepard Keurig Green Mountain 29
#16 Piero Sferlazzo Eaton 28
#17 Douglas G. Sabin Sage Science 27
#18 Dmitri Menn Covidien Lp 25
#19 Frederick Schmid Crystal Systems 24
#19 John F. Waymouth Lutron Electronics Co. 24
#19 Robert Michael Zirin GE 24
#19 Brian Lucas Bose 24
#23 J. Thomas Fowler Tiax 22
#24 Naushad K. Variam Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 21
#25 Graeme Jarvis Tyco Integrated Security 20
#25 Boris Zuckerman HP 20
#25 Thomas M. Lemons Brasscorp Limited 20
#28 Kevin McKernan Applied Biosystems 19
#28 John T. Fowler Laitram 19
#28 William H. Park Neutron Therapeutics 19
#28 Kurt Schmid Robert Bosch Gmbh 19
#28 Christian Lehmann Fraunhofer 19
#33 Wade A. Krull Semequip 17
#33 Paul Sweetnam Surface Logix 17
#35 George M. Gammel Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 16
#35 Zhenkun Wang 16
#35 Colin Brenan MIT 16
#35 George E. Selecman Focal 16
#35 Alan M. Vale Steelcase Development 16
#35 John J. Hassett At Comm 16
#41 Joseph Lemay Rocket Innovations 15
#41 Jamison Bryce Tuttle Pfizer 15
#41 Yelena Kann Radical Plastics 15
#41 Seung Cheol Ryu Osram Sylvania 15
#45 Steven Weed Analogic 14
#45 Amy Egelja Vionic Group 14
#45 Jeremy Spaulding Osram Sylvania 14
#45 Jeffry C. Flowers Carbonite 14
#45 Alex Wormser Wormser Energy Solutions 14
#50 Charles L. Crespi Gentest 13

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