Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oakland, NJ ranks #3,568 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 827 patents from 154 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oakland, NJ include Dexcom, Becton, Dickinson And, Stryker European Operations Limited. That works out to 64.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 154 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Patrick Thrower Dexcom 98
2 Erik Kurt Witt Becton, Dickinson And 52
3 Steven F. Krause Stryker European Operations Limited 36
#4 Stavros Kontos X-Site, L.L.C. 33
#5 Douglas W. Smith The Singer Company Limited 28
#6 Shau-Tarng Lee Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 27
#7 Arthur A. Pilla Ivivi Health Sciences 25
#8 Dmitriy Faktorovich Edgewell Personal Care Brands 23
#9 Jamie Henderson Boston Scientific Scimed 21
#10 Neil Young Sun Chemical 17
#10 Robert Doran Symbol Technologies 17
#12 Yury Budansky City College Of New York 15
#13 Stephen V. Dente Robertet 14
#13 Toshihiro Mino Topcon 14
#15 Jude Cancellieri Becton, Dickinson And 13
#15 David George Maus Reckitt Benckiser 13
#17 Jerry Dong Scimed Life Systems 12
#17 Clemence K. Dartey Mcneil-Ppc 12
#19 James Bonini H. Lundbeck A/S 11
#20 Robert D. Foster Hydra Unlimited 10
#20 Gerald P. Bozman IBM 10
#20 Melissa Nataadiningrat Ballet Makers 10
#23 Uma Tripathi Playtex Products 9
#23 Brian E. Lock Rca 9
#25 Ashley L. Howell Avon Products 8
#25 James R. Cho Gaf 8
#27 Richard D. La Torre Playtex Products 7
#28 Leif Liljegren Unknown 6
#28 Richard Ginelli Pentech International 6
#28 J. Michael Donahue Isp Investments 6
#31 Steven Luftig Symtron Systems 5
#31 Edward J. Ellison New York Telephone 5
#31 Ralph Liguori AT&T 5
#31 Aldo R. Dalsass IBM 5
#31 Jenifer Heydinger Galante Stepan 5
#31 Louis Ficarra AT&T 5
#31 Huei-Cheng Liu ExxonMobil 5
#31 Wesley R. Kegerise, II The Okonite 5
#31 Christine Monro The Hartz Mountain 5
#31 Leiguang Gong IBM 5
#41 Ramchandra K. Hulyalkar Dart Industries 4
#41 Michael J. Fornaci Hafco Foundry And Machine Company 4
#41 Joe Novelli 4
#41 Istvan J. Kiss Hafco Foundry And Machine Company 4
#41 Jenifer Heydinger Galante 4
#41 Kevin J. Leibfred Nabisco Brands 4
#41 Jeffrey C. Sayre The Texwipe Company 4
#41 Garry Johnson Robertet 4
#41 Peter M. Brodie Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 4
#41 John M. Hennessey Production Resource Group, L.L.C. 4

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