Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Needham, MA ranks #582 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,830 patents from 796 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Needham, MA include Manta Devices, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Sharkninja Operating. That works out to 181.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 796 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard L. Miller Manta Devices 112
2 Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital 99
3 Owen R. Johnson Sharkninja Operating 89
#4 Yongxin Han Merck 86
#5 Adnan Sahin Emc Ip Holding Company 74
#6 Anandan Palani Merck 70
#7 Gregg M. Duthaler E Ink Holdings 68
#8 Marc S. Weinberg Draper Laboratory 65
#9 Ravi Chandran Thermochem Recovery International 64
#10 Patrick F. King Mineral Lassen 61
#11 Akin Akinc Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 60
#12 Kun Liu Merck 59
#13 Robert T. Peters Bioverativ Therapeutics 57
#14 Michael D. Altman Merck 56
#15 Alex Kogan Oracle 52
#16 Richard Mathias Sharkninja Operating 50
#17 Steve Han Philip Morris Products S.A. 47
#18 Marc D. Friedman Avedro 46
#19 Edward J. Morgan Skyhook Wireless 45
#20 David Jalbert Exceptional Ip Holdings 43
#21 Marc V. Gorenstein Waters Technologies 40
#21 James A. Kane Polestar Technologies 40
#23 Paul Sabin Protonex Technology 39
#23 Lee Core Arsenal Medical 39
#23 Andrew F. Fireman Riva Sports 39
#26 Michael S. Allen Analog Devices 38
#27 Andrew Miles Wallace Affera 35
#27 Chester A. Metcalf, III Ariad Pharmaceuticals 35
#27 Kenneth Focht Becton, Dickinson And 35
#30 Pasi Janne Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 32
#30 David A. Schatz Witricity 32
#30 David D. Konieczynski Depuy Spine 32
#33 Scott Howard Davis Broadcom 31
#33 David S. Barrett Irobot 31
#35 Ahmed Busnaina Northwestern University 30
#35 Kevin Sprott Syros Pharmaceuticals 30
#37 Thomas J. Gardella The General Hospital 29
#37 Richard A. Silva Immunogen 29
#39 Steven A. Kates Lakewood Amedex 28
#39 Anthony Pannozzo The Gillette Company 28
#39 Russell Berger Unknown 28
#39 Peter Hutchinson Sharkninja Operating 28
#43 Juha Koljonen Cognex 27
#43 Ping Chu Sharkninja Operating 27
#43 Andrew Han Veeva Systems 27
#46 Juan Li Avaya 26
#46 Tao Yu Analog Devices 26
#48 Eric H. Silver Imagine Scientific 25
#48 Matthew G. Bursavich Morphic Therapeutic 25
#48 Mao Yin Mersana Therapeutics 25

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