Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Potomac, MD ranks #548 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,205 patents from 998 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Potomac, MD include Victor Stanley, Bank of America, Wellstat Therapeutics. That works out to 132.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 998 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gerald P. Skalka Victor Stanley 153
2 Elizabeth S. Votaw Bank of America 108
3 Reid W. von Borstel Wellstat Therapeutics 98
3 Kamran Etemad Intel 98
#5 K. J. Ray Liu Origin Wireless 94
#6 Jeffrey Schlom US Dept of Health & Human Services 85
#7 John S. Hendricks Discovery Communications 81
#8 Louis L. Wood Srchem 76
#9 Atousa Raissyan Kip Prod P1 Lp 73
#10 Mark B. Johnson US Air Force 71
#11 Alberto Daniel Lacaze Robotic Research Opco 70
#12 John W. Erickson Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe 69
#13 Mihael H. Polymeropoulos US Dept of Health & Human Services 62
#14 Bala Subramaniam University Of Kansas 61
#15 Erik Lipson Fun-Time International 59
#16 Dennis Klinman US Dept of Health & Human Services 54
#17 Howard Martin Unknown 48
#17 Igor Berlin Corning Optical Communications 48
#17 Richard T. Lee Brigham and Women's Hospital 48
#17 Mohit K. Bhatnagar Jmea 48
#21 Claire Fraser Human Genome Sciences 47
#21 Deb K. Chatterjee Thermo Fisher 47
#23 Gulilat Gebeyehu Thermo Fisher 45
#24 Louis William Licamele Vanda Pharmaceuticals 43
#24 Bijan Tadayon Contentguard Holdings 43
#26 Ezio Bonvini Macrogenics 41
#26 Laurence C. Chow American Dental Association Health Foundation 41
#28 Frances S. Ligler US Air Force 38
#28 Dina Schneider Lentigen Technology 38
#30 Saied Tadayon Btpatent 37
#30 Robert C. Hagemann, III Twilio 37
#30 Adam Gross Salesforce 37
#33 Steven Chen Sirf Technology 36
#34 Matthew Donald Baker Kajeet 35
#35 Albert B. Deisseroth Microvax 33
#36 Daguang Xu Siemens Healthcare Limited 30
#37 Anand IYER Welldoc 29
#38 Huiwen Yao Ast & Science 28
#39 T. Richard Jow US Army 27
#39 Christian Lavedan Vanda Pharmaceuticals 27
#41 Milton D. Goldenberg Immunomedics 26
#41 Mohammad Heidaran Anthrogenesis 26
#41 Leonard Schuchman Stanford Telecommunications 26
#41 Kang Xu US Army 26
#41 Cha-Mei Tang Creatv Microtech 26
#46 James D. Isbister Advancis Pharmaceutical 25
#46 Karl K. Johe Neuralstem 25
#46 Noel Terrence Southall The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 25
#49 Victor Zhodzishsky Broadcom 24
#49 Jhy-Jhu Lin Imagilin Technology 24

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