Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Middletown, CT ranks #1,216 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,754 patents from 449 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Middletown, CT include Zygo, Covidien Lp, Goodrich. That works out to 57.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 449 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter De Groot Zygo 126
2 Michael J. Bettuchi Covidien Lp 91
3 Mark R. Gurvich Goodrich 88
#4 Roy J. Pilletere Covidien Lp 83
#5 Oscar Carrillo Boston Scientific Scimed 63
#6 Piyasena Hewawasam 60
#7 Jesse R. Boyer RTX (Raytheon) 59
#7 Leslie L. Deck Zygo 59
#9 John A. Bender Bristol-Myers Squibb 46
#10 Venkatesh G. Mutalik Arris Enterprises 45
#11 Kevin L. Corcoran Ellison Educational Equipment 40
#12 Xavier Colonna De Lega Zygo 39
#13 Lisa I. Brilliant RTX (Raytheon) 37
#14 Seth E. Rosen Hamilton Sundstrand 36
#15 Carl Allison Perry Aps Technology 33
#16 Joseph C. Straccia RTX (Raytheon) 31
#16 Prasanna Sivaprakasam Bristol-Myers Squibb 31
#18 Eric Russell Omix-Ada 28
#19 Clarke V. Greene Arris Enterprises 27
#20 Barry M. Ford RTX (Raytheon) 26
#21 Darryl Whitlow RTX (Raytheon) 24
#22 Tolga Caglar 23
#22 Scott W. Martin Bristol-Myers Squibb 23
#24 Richard A. Hartz Bristol-Myers Squibb 22
#24 Joseph Hotter Covidien Lp 22
#26 Daniel C. Shaw Bauer Industries 21
#27 Joseph R. Despres Entegris 20
#27 Yin-Shing Chong Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co. 20
#29 Jan Liesener Zygo 19
#29 Aaron M. Stein PepsiCo 19
#31 John Muller Davidson Textron 18
#31 David P. Dworak Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 18
#31 Robert L. Gukeisen RTX (Raytheon) 18
#31 Konstantinos Panagiotis Giannakopoulos RTX (Raytheon) 18
#35 Jason Shiepe Proton Energy Systems 17
#35 Richard A. Tedford, Jr. International Paper 17
#37 John P. Virtue, Jr. RTX (Raytheon) 16
#37 Katherine S. Takaki Bristol-Myers Squibb 16
#39 John Delneo 15
#40 Peter V. Tomeo RTX (Raytheon) 14
#40 Joseph D. Drescher RTX (Raytheon) 14
#40 Alexander Zorba Accenture Global Services Limited 14
#40 Martin F. Fay Brown University 14
#40 Matthew J. D'Errico Emc 14
#40 Daniel Sýkora Adobe 14
#46 Fetneh Eskandari Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems 13
#46 Wayne P. Franco 13
#46 Reinhold BLUMEL Ionq 13
#46 Micah Beckman RTX (Raytheon) 13
#50 Danyel J. Tarinelli Tyco Healthcare Group Lp 12

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