Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

North Plainfield, NJ ranks #3,020 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,004 patents from 162 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in North Plainfield, NJ include Hunter Fan, Merck, Schering. That works out to 44.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 162 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Masao Tsuji Hunter Fan 153
2 Thomas N. Salzmann Merck 49
3 Corey Strickland Schering 37
#4 Alexander Kastalsky Nano-Electronic And Photonic Devices And Circuits 30
#4 Balaram Gupta Hoechst Celanese 30
#6 Meyer Sletzinger Merck 26
#7 Mary Shire Bristol-Myers Squibb 20
#8 MacRae Maxfield 19
#8 Kwong-Kit Choi US Army 19
#10 Stephen E. Ralph Georgia Tech Research 18
#11 Logan Zanki Unknown 17
#11 Kathleen Zanki Unknown 17
#13 Kwang-Ting Cheng AT&T 16
#13 Thomas R. Beattie Merck 16
#13 Paul H. Tracy Agere Systems 16
#16 Dinesh Anvekar Level Z, L.L.C. 15
#17 Sean Quinn Solidia Technologies 14
#17 Qing Min Wang The Boc Group Limited 14
#17 Richard P. Sauer Castrol Limited 14
#20 Jeffrey Glover GE 13
#20 Yoshiaki Ide Celanese Gmbh 13
#22 Michael A. Goetz Merck 12
#22 Erwin J. Wittmann Rca 12
#22 Piotr M. Starewicz Resonance Research 12
#22 Randell Clevenger Orthobond 12
#22 Craig G. Smith AT&T 12
#27 Owen McManus Merck 11
#27 George E. Holz Burroughs 11
#27 Paul E. McMahon Celanese Gmbh 11
#30 George Owoo Baxter International 10
#30 Premkumar Thomas Devanbu AT&T 10
#32 Laura C. Meurer Merck 9
#32 Lalita Manchanda AT&T 9
#32 John N. Johnston Cabot Technology 9
#35 Abraham I. Belkind The Boc Group Limited 8
#35 Edwin O. Lundell Abbott 8
#35 Jayesh Jasapara Fitel Usa 8
#38 Morton W. Rutenberg National Starch & Chemical 7
#39 Wilbens Josias Colgate-Palmolive 6
#39 Alfred J. Zarnowski Osteonics 6
#39 John Carter 6
#39 Marcel Ipince Capsa Solutions Limited 6
#39 Rajal M. Kusumgar Celanese Gmbh 6
#39 Mark J. Bearden AT&T 6
#39 Matthew Jackson Colormatrix Holdings 6
#46 Martin Snyder AT&T 5
#46 Lisa DiMichele Merck 5
#46 Randy Clevenger Orthobond 5
#46 Anthony Michael DeSantolo AT&T 5
#46 P Krishnan Avaya 5

Part of New Jersey