Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pittsburgh, PA ranks #66 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 37,313 patents from 7,570 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pittsburgh, PA include Dynamics, Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Bayer Healthcare. That works out to 123.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 7,570 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey D. Mullen Dynamics 243
2 Prasanna Velagapudi Berkshire Grey Operating Company 205
3 Michael Dawson-Haggerty Berkshire Grey Operating Company 170
#4 Arthur E. Uber, III Bayer Healthcare 149
#5 Fusao Ishii Silicon Quest Kabushiki-Kaisha 129
#6 Patrick J. Treado Chemimage 121
#7 Peter Chi Fai Ho Ric Investments 119
#8 Yiran Chen Seagate Technology 98
#9 Jonathan Haigh Pdf Solutions 95
#10 Stuart D. Hellring Ppg Industries Ohio 94
#11 Ren Judkins Hunter Douglas 92
#12 David M. Reilly Medrad 90
#13 Daniel J. Miller Microsoft 87
#14 Bruce Cloutier Dynamics 85
#15 Andrzej Strojwas Pdf Solutions 84
#15 Vyacheslav Rovner Pdf Solutions 84
#17 Peter Wipf University Of Pittsburgh 82
#17 Marcin Strojwas Pdf Solutions 82
#17 Carl Taylor Pdf Solutions 82
#20 Branislav Jaramaz Blue Belt Technologies 81
#21 Michael T. Lotze Iovance Biotherapeutics 74
#22 Matthew Nelson Chemimage 72
#22 Pradeep M. Pappachan Intel 72
#24 Vidya Narayanan Qualcomm 70
#24 Hyuk Chang Samsung 70
#24 Ji Zhang Cisco 70
#27 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University 69
#27 James J. Finley Ppg Industries Ohio 69
#27 Jun Li Bristol-Myers Squibb 69
#30 Simion Coca Ppg Industries Ohio 68
#31 Christopher Cunningham Burton 63
#31 Christopher T. Brown Eastman Kodak 63
#33 Ethan Eade Aurora Operations 61
#33 David Lambeth Dynamics 61
#35 John E. Drake Juniper Networks 60
#35 Vladimir B. Ginzburg International Rolling Mill 60
#35 Philip Marshall Chelsea Building Products 60
#38 John M. Stivoric Bodymedia 58
#39 Kevin Y. Low Gecko Robotics 57
#39 John Maier Chemimage 57
#39 Michael L. Kazar Netapp 57
#42 Paul R. Ohodnicki U.S. Department Of Energy 56
#43 Robert F. Davis North Carolina State University 55
#44 David M. Griffiths Medrad 54
#44 James Jeffery Benke Eaton 54
#44 Edward A. Bryner Gecko Robotics 54
#44 Adam D. Polcyn Vitro Flat Glass 54
#48 Justin Rothermel Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 53
#48 Jerome A. Seiner Ppg Industries 53
#50 Philipp Haban Google 52

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