Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Somerville, NJ ranks #509 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,531 patents from 1,141 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Somerville, NJ include Qualcomm, Verizon, Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 529.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,141 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tianyang Bai Qualcomm 375
2 Jignesh S. Panchal Verizon 113
3 Gregory M. Shutske Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 88
#4 David Phillip Silverman AT&T 76
#5 Marc Brian Wisnudel GE 60
#6 Edmund J. Mozeleski ExxonMobil 56
#6 Thomas E. Nowlin ExxonMobil 56
#8 Lawrence P. Klemann Nabisco Brands 53
#9 Raja Sekhar Bachu Qualcomm 48
#10 Richard B. Sulsky Bristol-Myers Squibb 45
#11 Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram Intel 42
#11 Kenneth E. Voss Engelhard 42
#13 Brian S. Freed Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 41
#13 Nicholas J. Hrib Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 41
#15 Richard Wilde Ptc Therapeutics 40
#15 James R. Sounik Hoechst Celanese 40
#17 George L. Brode Union Carbide 37
#17 Sasa Andjelic Johnson & Johnson 37
#19 Gordon E. Olsen Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 35
#20 Elvin R. Lukenbach Johnson & Johnson 34
#20 Sridevi Dhanaraj Johnson & Johnson 34
#22 Gerard Llanos Cordis 32
#22 Linda A. Domeier Union Carbide 32
#22 Paul R. Mudge National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation 32
#22 John Krapcho E.R. Squibb & Sons. 32
#26 Robert J. Steltenkamp Colgate-Palmolive 31
#26 Shubhadip Ray IBM 31
#28 Nazir Mir Agrofresh 30
#28 Leroy F. Liu Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 30
#30 Thomas G. Polefka Colgate-Palmolive 29
#30 Douglas Rollender AT&T 29
#32 Rama S. Chandran National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation 28
#32 Long Y. Chiang ExxonMobil 28
#32 Michael K. C. Wong Schering 28
#32 John G. Jurcak Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 28
#32 Chung-Zong Wan Engelhard 28
#32 Richard L. Monaghan Merck 28
#32 Anthony Esteves Johnson & Johnson 28
#39 Donald R. Preslar Intersil Americas 27
#39 Saurav S. Sengupta Dow Global Technologies 27
#39 James J. Kasica National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation 27
#42 Erasmo Lopez Depuy Spine 26
#42 David J. Chase Mcneil-Ppc 26
#42 Jay Audett ExxonMobil 26
#45 Robert J. Cherill Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 25
#45 Nitin V. Desai Rca 25
#45 Joseph F. Payack Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 25
#45 Mukund S. Chorghade Genzyme 25
#45 Iwan Gunawan Pfizer 25
#50 Charles M. Huck Schering 24

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