Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Potsdam, NY ranks #2,210 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,435 patents from 231 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Potsdam, NY include IBM, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai), Eastman Kodak. That works out to 172.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 231 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter A. Gruber IBM 121
2 Cornelia K. Tsang IBM 79
3 Alexei Karve IBM 57
#4 Matthew R. Wordeman IBM 54
#5 David M. Chess IBM 42
#6 Xian J. Ning Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 37
#7 Gopal S. Pingali IBM 33
#8 Suryadevara V. Babu Eastman Kodak 31
#9 Laura L. Kosbar IBM 27
#10 Joshua W. Knight IBM 26
#10 Bruce D. Lucas IBM 26
#10 Alan J. Weger IBM 26
#13 Myron L. Smith GE 25
#14 Graham P. Allaway Progenics Pharmaceuticals 21
#14 Igor Sokolov Clarkson University 21
#16 Ahmed Maarouf IBM 20
#17 John J. Rice 19
#18 Shilpa N. Mahatma IBM 18
#18 Ramendra K. Sahoo IBM 18
#20 Cancheepuram V. Srividya Micron 17
#21 Frederick M. Carlson Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 16
#21 Naveed Majid Philips Electronics North America 16
#21 Peter Xiao IBM 16
#21 George A. Sai-Halasz IBM 16
#21 Egon Matijevic Montedison S.P.A. 16
#21 Jose R. Brunheroto IBM 16
#27 Leroy L. Chang IBM 15
#28 Sitaraman Krishnan Cornell Research Foundation 14
#28 Sheree H. Wen IBM 14
#28 Gabor Forgacs Curators Of The University Of Missouri 14
#31 Cetin Cetinkaya Clarkson University 13
#32 John C. Flake Freeescale Semiconductor 12
#32 Johst H. Burk Akzo Nobel N.V. 12
#32 Mikhail Motornov L'Oreal 12
#35 Jay Unger IBM 11
#36 Michael A. Pereira IBM 10
#37 Esra Vural Qualcomm 9
#37 Derek Lok Bayer Healthcare 9
#37 Timothy Roberts Medi-Physics 9
#37 Sheik Ansar Usman Ibrahim Basf Se 9
#37 Malcolm J. Kaus ExxonMobil 9
#42 Matthew Honickman Lc Advanced Motor Technology 8
#42 C. Lee Giles Nec Research Institute 8
#42 Lee Stockhamer 8
#42 Kevin Grover Mb Machine 8
#42 Charles A. Micchelli IBM 8
#47 Thomas O. Sedgwick IBM 7
#47 Bangshu Cao Nomaco 7
#47 Ronald S. LaFleur RTX (Raytheon) 7
#47 Alison A. Fleming Akzo Nobel N.V. 7

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