Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Norwood, MA ranks #2,172 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,464 patents from 302 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Norwood, MA include Kopin, Motorola, Olympus Endo Technology America. That works out to 46.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 302 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul M. Zavracky Kopin 60
1 Daniel L. Williams Motorola 60
3 Robert E. Ailinger Olympus Endo Technology America 38
#4 Gerald S. Jones Olatec Therapeutics 36
#5 Stephen C. Perry Denovo Brands 32
#6 Murray L. Cowan Textron 30
#7 Abhay Joshi Qualcomm 28
#8 Jingdong Lin Spreadtrum Communications 23
#9 Uri Piran Ciba Corning Diagnostics 22
#9 Sudhir Dixit Nokia 22
#9 Paul Gassoway Computer Associates Think 22
#12 Clinton B. Battersby Broadcom 21
#13 Robert Ellis Doe Pellion Technologies 20
#14 Bonnie Zacherle Kenner Parker Toys 19
#15 Rami El-Hayek Ocular Therapeutix 18
#16 James Wilson The Procter & Gamble 17
#16 Paul Meskonis Invensys Systems 17
#18 Tracy H. Panzarella Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 16
#18 Patrice A. Weststrate Boston Scientific Scimed 16
#18 Mark Tepper Corbus Pharmaceuticals 16
#18 Michael J. Ingemi American Power Conversion 16
#18 Stevan H. Leiden Verizon 16
#23 Elie H. Najjar Macdermid Enthone 14
#24 Matthew Bernasconi Tepha 13
#24 Donald Barry Hologic 13
#24 Luis Torres Merck 13
#27 Barbara Cox H.C. Starck 12
#27 Gaurav Vohra Analog Devices 12
#27 Daniel B. Grossman Motorola 12
#27 Ananthan Pillai Emc 12
#31 Rahul Mutha Aurus 11
#31 Benjamin Gould Aqua-Leisure Industries 11
#33 Shantha Sarangapani Icet 10
#33 Ajay Shekhar Emc 10
#33 Thomas E. Miller Matritech 10
#33 Paul Becker Fybr 10
#37 Alexander Koshkaryev Akagera Medicines 9
#37 Daniel Boyko Analog Devices 9
#37 James Goss Intel 9
#37 Harry Rogoff 1Globe Health Institute 9
#37 Michael Ziemkiewicz Analog Devices 9
#37 Carlos Heil Bin1 Ate 9
#43 Matthew N. Roy IBM 8
#43 Hemant Thatte Department Of Veterans Affairs 8
#43 Shuming Zeng The Gillette Company 8
#43 Barry Wood Bedford Systems 8
#43 Jeffrey Schenkel Linear Technology Holding 8
#43 Peter Levesque 8
#43 Christopher Joel Hannaford Ltx 8
#43 Kristof Benedict Fogarasi Sharkninja Operating 8

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