Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Milton, MA ranks #1,484 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,271 patents from 436 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Milton, MA include Color Kinetics Incorporated, Acushnet, Affectiva. That works out to 79.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 436 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ihor Lys Color Kinetics Incorporated 129
2 James M. Feeney Acushnet 95
3 Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva 62
#4 Richard A. Mochen Acushnet 51
#5 Ly Tam Phan Enanta Pharmaceuticals 48
#6 Anne-Laure Grillot Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 39
#7 Mark Stuart Day Cisco 38
#8 Michael K. Blackwell Color Kinetics Incorporated 35
#9 Sara Dziedzic Depuy Synthes Products 34
#9 Roy Alden Thompson Master Lock Company 34
#11 Geoffrey Ian Karasic Smith & Nephew 33
#12 Stephen DeLano Smart Power Co. 27
#13 Richard Stephen Wisdom Interscope 23
#14 William M. Wong Teratech 21
#14 Jonathan C. Crowell Oceanserver Technology 21
#14 Trung Quoc Phung Chestnut Hill Sound 21
#17 Jeffrey F. Kane Nypro 20
#17 Christopher A. Larsen Maytag 20
#17 Richard L. Cournoyer Polaroid 20
#20 Charles H. Keegan Evenflo Company 19
#20 Frank Schroth PayPal 19
#20 John M. Moses Cf Technologies 19
#23 John H. Westerbeke, Jr. Westerbeke 18
#23 Allen P. Smith PayPal 18
#23 Richard Miller Rovi Guides 18
#26 Michael H. Cardone Eutropics Pharmaceuticals 17
#27 Frederick R. Taylor Biogen Ma 16
#27 Andrew J. Speck Schlumberger Technology 16
#27 Philip H. Devlin Aspect Medical Systems 16
#27 Russell Zahniser Roche Diagnostics Hematology 16
#27 Stephen Kieffer-Higgins Tecan Trading Ag 16
#32 Massimiliano Versace Neurala 15
#32 Kevin Gillespie Srl 15
#34 Dan O'Connor IBM 14
#34 Jack Treger Duracell 14
#34 Stephen Tully Covidien Lp 14
#34 Jeffrey Allen Greene The Gillette Company 14
#38 Alexander L. Butler Image Acoustics 13
#38 Kenneth M. Rosen Bioaxone Biosciences 13
#38 Mark E. Lindenfelzer Mucell Extrusion 13
#41 Clinton Alawn Krueger Excellims 12
#41 Judith Ringel Reebok International Limited 12
#41 Paulo Damoura Afc Cable Systems 12
#44 Helmut Lingertat Gte Laboratories Incorporated 11
#44 Christopher C. Cummins MIT 11
#44 Stephen B. Talutis Invensys Systems 11
#44 Christopher Schmandt MIT 11
#44 Richard N. Caron Gas Research Institute 11
#44 Thaddeus P. Dryja Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary 11
#44 Ulliyada Bopanna Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. 11

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