Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

New Haven, CT ranks #766 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,405 patents from 1,003 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in New Haven, CT include Covidien Lp, RTX (Raytheon), Gen-Probe Incorporated. That works out to 32.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,003 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Justin Thomas Covidien Lp 83
2 Michael Winter RTX (Raytheon) 73
3 Nanibhushan Dattagupta Gen-Probe Incorporated 60
#4 Rajit Manohar Achronix Semiconductor 54
#5 Joseph Winter Olin 52
#6 Yusheng Wu Schering 44
#6 Michael Van Zandt The Institute For Pharmaceutical Discovery 44
#8 Daniel Richard Marshall BOE 43
#8 David Spiegel Yale University 43
#10 William A. Welsh Sikorsky Aircraft 42
#10 Tarek M. Fahmy Yale University 42
#12 Aaron Michael Ring Stanford University 41
#13 Mikiya Silver Conmed 40
#14 Richard Connell Bayer Healthcare 38
#15 Michael J. Ward IBM 36
#16 Paul Ford Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs 35
#17 Craig M. Crews Yale University 33
#18 David A. Hafler Autoimmune 32
#19 Sherman M. Weissman Yale University 29
#20 Doug Thompson Masonite 28
#20 Mengwen Zhang Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 28
#22 Zhaozhong Jiang ExxonMobil 26
#23 John Grunwald Macdermid, Incorporated 25
#23 Robert A. Davis Uniroyal Chemical Company 25
#25 Haley E. Strassner Covidien Lp 24
#26 Michel Devoret Yale University 22
#26 Michael Strauss Sikorsky Aircraft 22
#28 W. Mark Saltzman Yale University 21
#28 John D. Wright The General Hospital 21
#30 Daniel F. Moore Nasdaq Omx Group 20
#30 Kyle J. Eastman Achillion Pharmaceuticals 20
#32 Alessandro Santin 19
#32 Peter Kahn Veritas Ag 19
#32 Dalton King Bristol-Myers Squibb 19
#32 Ingo Andreas Mugge BOE 19
#32 Donald M. Engelman Yale University 19
#37 Jonathan A. Dantzig Olin 18
#37 Peter D. Clark Basf Se 18
#37 Joseph Bango 18
#37 Peter Rakich Sandia 18
#37 Erick E. Rios Dentek Oral Care 18
#37 Grace Mann Exelixis 18
#37 Elias Hartoumbekis Covidien Lp 18
#44 William Mark Saltzman Yale University 17
#44 Joseph Krzyzanski Oetiker Tool 17
#44 Frank YOCCA Bioxcel Therapeutics 17
#44 Sukhminder Grewal GE 17
#44 Jeffrey M. Ott Revmedica 17
#49 Joerg Bewersdorf Danaher 16
#49 Ryan Jones Thermo Fisher 16

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