Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shelton, CT ranks #1,352 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,486 patents from 439 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shelton, CT include IBM, Applied Materials, Intuitive Surgical. That works out to 60.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 439 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert J. Allen IBM 123
1 Michael Barnes Applied Materials 123
3 Scott E. Manzo Intuitive Surgical 88
#4 Stephen P. Huda Kx Technologies 87
#5 Paul D. Richard Covidien Lp 71
#6 Luke A. Johnson Intel 57
#7 Nelson Bonilla Hubbell Incorporated 56
#8 Eddy B. Boskamp GE 54
#9 Robert J. Simon Eastman Kodak 40
#10 Frank C. Maffei Covidien Lp 34
#11 Peter Bertolini Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa, Division Of Conopco 33
#12 Richard W. Heiden Pitney Bowes 30
#13 Ryan Gene Papageorge Hubbell Incorporated 28
#14 Paul S. Waterman Cytec Technology 27
#15 Paul D. Mountcastle Reservoir Labs 26
#16 Aaron L. Greenfield Sikorsky Aircraft 25
#17 Jay Reichelsheimer Pitney Bowes 24
#17 Guido Pedros Covidien Lp 24
#19 David B. Chamberlin Dictaphone Corporation. 22
#19 Peter T. Collings Covidien Lp 22
#19 Joseph F. Chiappetta Adc Telecommunications 22
#22 Richard F. Grossman Synthetic Products 21
#23 Jason Crawford Anormed 20
#24 Phillip J. Gold RTX (Raytheon) 19
#24 Bogdan Radu Lear 19
#26 Milind Kulkarni Cisco 18
#26 Timothy James Conti Lockheed Martin 18
#28 Robert E. Fox John Deere 17
#29 Paul Dansreau Eveready Battery Company 16
#30 Lino G. Magliocco Cytec Technology 15
#30 Richard C. Landis Itt 15
#30 Ferass Abuzaina Covidien Lp 15
#30 David P. Turechek Engineered Inserts & Systems 15
#34 David A. Kovalsky Sikorsky Aircraft 14
#34 Bruce D. Hansen Sikorsky Aircraft 14
#34 Louis A. Abbagnaro Pace 14
#34 Kevin A. White Rolls-Royce Plc 14
#34 Paul L. St. Cyr Perkinelmer Health Sciences 14
#34 Thomas A. Carstensen Sikorsky Aircraft 14
#34 Thomas A. Potter The Nielsen Company (Us) 14
#41 David Allen Brewster Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa, Division Of Conopco 13
#41 Kuang-Jong Wu Cytec Technology 13
#41 James S. Ramsey Pitney Bowes 13
#44 James Correia United States Surgical 12
#44 John J. Misencik Westinghouse Electric 12
#44 Casey Elphege Camire Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 12
#44 Adrian Papanide Coherent 12
#44 Robert M. Johnstone Dual-Lite 12
#44 Alexander George Ziemkiewicz Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa, Division Of Conopco 12
#44 Joseph D. Mallozzi Pitney Bowes 12

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