Salem, NY ranks #13,387 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 127 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, NY include IBM, Bose, The Phantom Laboratory, Incorporated. That works out to 156.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zon-Yin Shae | IBM | 56 |
| 2 | Charles Oswald | Bose | 48 |
| 3 | Joshua R. Levy | The Phantom Laboratory, Incorporated | 10 |
| #4 | Jeffrey L. Stucker | Racemark International | 2 |
| #4 | Paul Fronhofer | — | 2 |
| #6 | Melanie Ann Soranno | Bank of America | 1 |
| #6 | Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai | Columbia University | 1 |
| #6 | Robert J. Matwijcow | — | 1 |
| #6 | Charlene Brown | — | 1 |
| #6 | Donald P. McPhee | — | 1 |
| #6 | John H. Underwood | US Army | 1 |
| #6 | Peter Pendergrass | Navilyst Medical | 1 |
| #6 | Susan Herzog | JPMorgan Chase | 1 |
| #6 | Carl Fronhofer | United States Filter | 1 |
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