Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sandy Hook, CT ranks #1,452 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,319 patents from 196 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sandy Hook, CT include Covidien Lp, IBM, Fox Factory. That works out to 254.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 196 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frank J. Viola Covidien Lp 330
2 Kenneth P. Rodbell IBM 137
3 Mario Galasso Fox Factory 96
#4 Scott McLean Spine Wave 94
#4 William A. Burbank Intuitive Surgical 94
#6 Keith Ratcliff United States Surgical 76
#7 P. Spencer Kinsey Mannkind 70
#7 Sanjaya Singh BOE 70
#9 Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo IBM 53
#10 Gary A. Tressler IBM 52
#11 Kenneth J. Stein IBM 47
#12 Igor Cherepinsky Sikorsky Aircraft 45
#13 Thomas A. Johnson 3Com 43
#14 Herman Vogel Asml Holding N.V. 40
#15 Michael A. Hoyack Amphenol 37
#15 Eric Kolb Depuy Spine 37
#15 Dave Christensen GE 37
#15 Vincenzo V. Diluoffo IBM 37
#19 Eric G. Liniger IBM 31
#20 Bruno Telesca PepsiCo 29
#21 Louis John Markoya Asml Holding N.V. 28
#22 Christopher McDonnell Woven Orthopedic Technologies 26
#23 Derren N. Dunn IBM 23
#23 Timothy J. Makris Thule Sweden Ab 23
#25 Francisco A. Middleton Itt 21
#25 Chung-Ling Mao Air Products And Chemicals 21
#25 Yancey David Ward BOE 21
#28 Michael D. Ballard Pitney Bowes 20
#29 John Glaberson Coopersurgical 19
#29 Timothy R. Stango Hologic 19
#31 Rogelio P. Frutos BOE 17
#31 Carlos L. DeFigueiredo Pitney Bowes 17
#33 Ryan W. Knapp Macton 16
#33 Louis R. Ruggiero IBM 16
#33 Mark R. Bilak IBM 16
#33 Paul Mayer Pitney Bowes 16
#37 Kenneth S. Wittmer Sikorsky Aircraft 15
#38 Jin Mi Kim BOE 14
#38 Timothy A. Krauss RTX (Raytheon) 14
#38 Dragomir C. Marinkovich Milwaukee Electric Tool 14
#41 Brendan Duffy Gudpod 12
#41 Matthew Petrillo Disney 12
#41 Julia D. Truchsess Avedis Zildjian 12
#41 Peter Bowman Warner-Lambert Company 12
#45 Donald Barker The Bilco 11
#46 Derek Bobowick The Gillette Company 10
#46 Neil F. Baldino Pitney Bowes 10
#48 Jianfei Yang Unknown 9
#48 Timothy M. Byrne Ingevity South Carolina 9
#48 Peter McNulty Sears Brands, L.L.C. 9

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