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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pikesville, MD ranks #4,662 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 586 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pikesville, MD include Ciena, The Johns Hopkins University, Keraplast Technologies. That works out to 17.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Y. Frankel Ciena 117
2 David Sidransky The Johns Hopkins University 39
3 Robert A. Smith Keraplast Technologies 29
#4 Stephen P. Osborne Black & Decker 27
#5 James S. Gammie University Of Maryland, Baltimore 26
#5 Jacob Khurgin Eight Holdings 26
#7 Aviel D. Rubin AT&T 23
#7 Jacob Khurgin Morton Photonics Incorporation 23
#7 Gautam N. Shetty Unl Holdings 23
#10 Moti Harel Advanced Bionutrition 22
#11 Tzyy-Choou Wu The Johns Hopkins University 15
#12 Abhisheka Moturu Black & Decker 12
#13 Yeardley W. Green Medherent 9
#13 Antony Rosen The Johns Hopkins University 9
#13 Yuval S. Boger Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. 9
#16 Livia Casciola-Rosen The Johns Hopkins University 8
#16 David N. Kramer Sterilex 8
#18 Norbert M. LINKE University Of Maryland, College Park 7
#19 Yury Polikov Sun Automation 6
#20 Cameron C. Jones The Johns Hopkins University 5
#20 Viji Sitther Morgan State University 5
#22 James Vornov Merck 4
#22 Mordechai Harel Advanced Bionutrition 4
#22 James Edward Dunstan 4
#22 Yaakov Brody 4
#22 Chaekyu Kim Buck Institute For Research On Aging 4
#22 Robert Cropp Fox Head 4
#22 Jürgen Bosch The Johns Hopkins University 4
#29 Brandon Slater Naids 3
#29 Saul Roseman The Johns Hopkins University 3
#29 Peter Ratcliffe 3
#29 Ira H. Gewolb Michigan State University 3
#29 Jeffrey Scott Woolford 3
#29 Ronald P. Silverman Kci Licensing 3
#29 Jordan Griffin 3
#29 Neil Levin 3
#37 Marnie Halpern University of Pennsylvania 2
#37 Steven D. Block Northrop Grumman 2
#37 Gregory Osefo Oxide Interactive 2
#37 Mark S. Nesky Exelis 2
#37 M. Leonard Oppenheimer 2
#37 Vsevolod Polotsky The Johns Hopkins University 2
#37 Yolanda Fortenberry The Johns Hopkins University 2
#37 Alan Meeker Duke University 2
#37 Lajuana Johnson Comtech Mobile Datacom 2
#37 Louis Wohlmuth 2
#37 Enrique Nifco Mccormick & Company 2
#37 Linda M. Smith Resar The Johns Hopkins University 2
#37 Josef Coresh The Johns Hopkins University 2
#37 Stanley B. Fradin 2

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