Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

North Potomac, MD ranks #2,076 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,537 patents from 272 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in North Potomac, MD include Human Genome Sciences, Jmea, Immunomedics. That works out to 64.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 272 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark D. Adams Human Genome Sciences 84
2 Jack Y. Yeh Jmea 66
3 Gary L. Griffiths Immunomedics 65
#4 Wei Zhao Vitae Pharmaceuticals 48
#5 Yezdi Antia Hughes Network Systems 40
#6 Lei Jia Pacific Biosciences Of California 32
#7 Bernardus Nicolaas Machielse Mandos 28
#7 Udaya Bhaskar Hughes Network Systems 28
#9 Attila Lorincz Digene 27
#10 Kumar Swaminathan Hughes Electronics Limited 26
#11 Allan Darling Mandos 25
#11 James Jehong Jong Hughes Network Systems 25
#13 Paul H. Shen US Army 24
#13 Yang Tao Agri-Tech 24
#15 Christopher J. Michejda US Dept of Health & Human Services 23
#16 Arun K. Sarkar Glycomimetics 22
#17 Asaf Alimardanov Mycovia Pharmaceuticals 19
#18 Thomas Hazel Chaossearch 18
#18 Ted Kaplan Rkf Engineering Solutions 18
#20 Min He Pfizer 17
#20 William Washington US Dept of Homeland Security 17
#20 Cy Stein Columbia University 17
#23 Syed Shamaz Salim Capital One Services 16
#23 Zhaochun Chen The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 16
#25 Michael Gaitan US Dept of Commerce 15
#26 Raj K. Puri US Dept of Health & Human Services 14
#26 Sudeepta Aggarwal Mesoblast International Sàrl 14
#28 Marc Taraban University Of Maryland, Baltimore 13
#28 Uday R. Bhaskar Hughes Network Systems 13
#28 Joshua D. Levine Planet Labs 13
#28 William Joseph Lambert Pacira Pharmaceuticals 13
#28 Chanchal Sadhu Icos 13
#33 Gen Feng Samsung 12
#33 Nicole Neff Loci Controls 12
#33 Rajeev Gopal Hughes Network Systems 12
#36 Steven K. Libutti Columbia University 11
#36 Linhong Li Maxcyte 11
#36 Laurie E. Locascio US Dept of Commerce 11
#36 Gabriel Isaac Mayo Qualcomm 11
#40 Yeqing Tang Hughes Network Systems 9
#40 Lingshu Wang The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 9
#40 Daniel Berlin Google 9
#40 Mark Y. An Fannie Mae 9
#40 Ran Katzur Texas Instruments 9
#40 Katie Tsvetkov Technologies And Devices International 9
#40 Anu Mathew Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 9
#40 Harry Leonard Perper Chemtron Research 9
#48 Daniel J. Lane Merchant Link 8
#48 Albert V. Davydov University Of Maryland, College Park 8
#48 June Wu Capital One Services 8

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