Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Somerville, MA ranks #198 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 14,682 patents from 2,735 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Somerville, MA include Emc Ip Holding Company, Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Infinity Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 181.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,735 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Meiri Emc Ip Holding Company 215
2 Thomas Koletschka Berkshire Grey Operating Company 177
3 Gene Temple Price Berkshire Grey Operating Company 170
#4 Alfredo C. Castro Infinity Pharmaceuticals 114
#5 Daniel Theobald Vecna Robotics 91
#6 Andrew J. Campanella Witricity 83
#7 Kenneth R. Crounse E Ink Holdings 81
#8 Guy M. Danner E Ink Holdings 67
#9 Kai Cao Alibaba 66
#10 John M. Sheehan Microsoft 65
#10 Qing Tan Zoll Medical 65
#12 Christopher A. Evans Microsoft 58
#13 James W. O'Toole, Jr. Cisco 57
#13 Bryan Lochman Panasonic 57
#15 Eli Cohen Aac Trade 54
#16 Thomas O'Connor Idexx Laboratories 49
#16 R. Rox Anderson The General Hospital 49
#18 Marten Van Dijk Emc 48
#18 Upma Sharma Arsenal Medical 48
#18 Andre Lescarbeau Infinity Pharmaceuticals 48
#21 Catherine A. Evans Infinity Pharmaceuticals 44
#21 Gary Palladino Sharkninja Operating 44
#23 David Cleary General Motors 43
#24 Zhan Wang Verily Life Sciences 42
#24 James J. Dattolo Deka Products Limited Parternship 42
#26 Christopher Cacioppo Sanford 41
#26 Gaston de los Reyes Spf Innovations 41
#28 Ganesh Venkataraman MIT 39
#28 Zachary John Jackowski Boston Dynamics 39
#28 Christopher Luke Kaufman Zoll Medical 39
#28 Kamal Hadidi 6K 39
#32 Peter Mason Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 38
#33 Christopher M. Ward Broadcom 37
#33 Jochen Mueller Infineon Technologies Ag 37
#33 Anuj Madan Skyworks Solutions 37
#36 Frederic Durand MIT 36
#36 Mark A. Morris Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 36
#36 Mark Steven Schnittman Irobot 36
#36 Thomas E. Devlin Lucky Litter 36
#40 Chad C. Huval Genzyme 35
#40 Mihai Duduta 24M Technologies 35
#42 Daniel A. Snyder Infinity Pharmaceuticals 34
#42 Ginger Rakestraw Bristol-Myers Squibb 34
#42 Matthew Scot Rosen Hyperfine Research 34
#42 Robert W. Scheifler Oracle 34
#42 Michael G. Moebius Draper Laboratory 34
#42 Matthew J. Smith 34
#42 Holly G. Gates E Ink Holdings 34
#49 Michael Charles Hewitt Sunovion Pharmaceuticals 33
#49 William J. Bailey Schlumberger Technology 33

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