Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shelburne, VT ranks #2,742 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,120 patents from 140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shelburne, VT include IBM, Wolverine World Wide, Burton. That works out to 181.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark D. Jaffe IBM 157
2 Grant A. Urie Wolverine World Wide 154
3 Anthony R. Bonaccio IBM 80
#4 David J. Dodge Burton 64
#5 Donald M. Kenney IBM 53
#6 James W. Cady Staktek Group 40
#7 Michael A. Lynch Simmonds Precision Products 37
#8 Peter A. Twombly IBM 28
#9 Christopher Gonzalez IBM 23
#10 Paul E. Bakeman, Jr. IBM 22
#10 Orest Bula IBM 22
#12 Richard Michael Parent IBM 19
#13 Eric Viscito IBM 17
#14 Richard Estabrook Ocean Spray Cranberries 16
#15 Charles M. Dole Cadbury Schweppes Plc 13
#15 David Chapman Cypress Semiconductor 13
#15 Jack Morrish IBM 13
#18 Michael Abbott Goodrich 12
#19 Daniel P. Kiniry Tubbs Snowshoe Company 11
#20 Christian Arndt Infineon Technologies Ag 10
#20 Bernard R. Tolmie Tensolite 10
#20 David Krag Calypso Medical Technologies 10
#23 Jerker Taudien Teledyne Instruments 9
#23 Stanley Roberts IBM 9
#23 Christopher P. Townsend Lord 9
#26 Eric Ernest Millham IBM 8
#26 Archibald J. Allen IBM 8
#26 Malcolm H. Pope University Of Iowa 8
#26 Mark Bonfigli 8
#26 Nicholas Donowitz Heliae Development 8
#26 Robert G. Kirkpatrick GE 8
#32 Richard L. Pratt Harnischfeger 7
#32 Dave Eugene Chapmen Nanya Technology 7
#34 Julie Anne Becker Shen Manufacturing Company Incorporated 6
#35 Paul A. Austin GE 5
#35 James Shaw Ellis 5
#35 Gregory C. Simmons 5
#35 Thomas Wood Wilkins IBM 5
#35 Erik A. Fjerstad RTX (Raytheon) 5
#40 Irwin Wallman Simmonds Precision Products 4
#40 Victor R. Gardy GE 4
#40 Glenn P. Giacalone Compaq Computer 4
#40 Raymond P. Mallette IBM 4
#40 Josef W. Korejwa IBM 4
#40 Dave Chapman Cypress Semiconductor 4
#46 Richard Dauphin IBM 3
#46 Richard Grimm IBM 3
#46 Robert C. Woodworth University Of British Columbia 3
#46 Brian L. Richardson Agilent Technologies 3
#46 Jeffrey Christian Kapsalis 3

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