Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY ranks #151 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 18,630 patents from 1,613 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poughkeepsie, NY include Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences, IBM, AMD. That works out to 590.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,613 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Huilong Zhu Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 534
2 Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. IBM 335
3 Casimer M. DeCusatis IBM 307
#4 Robert E. Simons IBM 293
#5 Levi A. Campbell IBM 267
#6 Roger R. Schmidt IBM 263
#7 Jonathan D. Bradbury IBM 260
#8 Harry M. Yudenfriend IBM 247
#9 Maharaj Mukherjee IBM 226
#10 Fadi Y. Busaba IBM 221
#11 Zhijiong Luo Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 192
#12 Haizhou Yin Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 173
#13 Charles W. Gainey, Jr. IBM 163
#14 Toshiaki Kirihata IBM 157
#15 Steven R. Carlough IBM 152
#15 Charles L. Arvin IBM 152
#17 Patrick J. Meaney IBM 138
#18 Yuk L. Chan IBM 130
#19 Dale F. Riedy IBM 127
#20 Peter G. Sutton IBM 122
#21 Matthias Klein IBM 119
#22 Daniel F. Casper IBM 114
#23 Budy D. Notohardjono IBM 105
#24 John G. Torok IBM 102
#25 John A. Fitzsimmons IBM 101
#26 Govindarajan Natarajan IBM 98
#27 Scott Luning AMD 97
#28 Stephen M. Matyas IBM 94
#29 Robert C. Wong IBM 93
#30 Robert J. Miller The Boeing 92
#31 Helmut Tews Infineon Technologies Ag 91
#32 Robert K. Mullady IBM 89
#33 Thomas Weiss Authentic Vision Gmbh 87
#33 Joseph F. Shepard, Jr. IBM 87
#35 Kamal K. Sikka IBM 86
#36 Yuen H. Chan IBM 84
#37 Phil C. Yeh IBM 83
#38 Rasit Onur Topaloglu IBM 82
#38 Pushkara R. Varanasi IBM 82
#38 Pak-kin Mak IBM 82
#38 Prabjit Singh IBM 82
#42 William J. Lewis Lasko Holdings 81
#43 Thomas D. Fitzsimmons IBM 80
#44 Jon A. Casey IBM 79
#45 Vincent J. McGahay IBM 77
#46 Kafai Lai IBM 76
#47 Emily R. Kinser IBM 71
#48 Ali Y. Duale IBM 70
#48 Gary A. Van Huben IBM 70
#50 Arthur J. O'Neill IBM 68

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