Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Storrs, CT ranks #3,531 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 837 patents from 153 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Storrs, CT include GE, University Of Connecticut, RTX (Raytheon). That works out to 52.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 153 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gang Yao GE 52
2 Steven L. Suib University Of Connecticut 44
3 Gregory A. Sotzing University Of Connecticut 38
#4 Faquir Chand Jain University Of Connecticut 37
#5 Mark W. Costa RTX (Raytheon) 30
#6 Philip S. Levin Fractyl Health 27
#6 Robert E. Malecki RTX (Raytheon) 27
#8 Stewart K. Richardson Nitromed 26
#9 John A. Schwoerer Jacobs Vehicle Systems 25
#10 Peter R. Strutt Inframat 18
#11 Jeffrey T. Koberstein Columbia University 17
#12 Yadagiri Pendri Bristol-Myers Squibb 15
#12 James A. Gosse Hamilton Sundstrand 15
#14 Changdeng Liu University Of Connecticut 14
#14 James P. Bell University Of Connecticut 14
#16 Krishna Pattipati University Of Connecticut 13
#16 Shigeru Kishida U.S. Cosmetics 13
#16 Kenneth E. Creasy Olin 13
#19 Qing Tang Combustion Engineering 12
#19 John A. Webster Saint-Gobain Abrasives 12
#21 Dennis L. Wright University Of Connecticut 11
#22 Joseph H. Groeger Carte International 10
#22 Samuel Huang University Of Connecticut 10
#22 Atmaram Khanolkar University Of Connecticut 10
#25 Peter Shajenko US Air Force 9
#26 Jung-Chou Lin University Of Connecticut 8
#26 Dai Lu University Of Connecticut 8
#26 Donald M. Wang Inframat 8
#29 Lawrence H. Bernstein Rxtra 7
#29 Yide Zhang Inframat 7
#29 Brett Kilhenny Rogers 7
#32 Maria J. M. Chen University Of Connecticut 6
#32 Diane J. Burgess University Of Connecticut 6
#32 George N. Gibson Ciencia 6
#32 James Dixon University Of Connecticut 6
#32 Xu Zhang University of Pennsylvania 6
#32 John S. Federowicz 6
#32 Adam Markman University Of Connecticut 6
#32 Tauhid Husain Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 6
#40 Carl S. Booth Amphenol 5
#40 Chris W. Strock Inframat 5
#40 Joseph Glasser Eljen 5
#40 William J. Kelleher Richardson-Vicks 5
#40 Michael W. Renfro Tennessee Technological University 5
#40 Yunquan Sun 5
#40 Amy R. Howell University Of Connecticut 5
#40 Amy C. Anderson University Of Connecticut 5
#40 Sung Yeul Park Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 5
#40 Paul David Allopenna Aptima 5
#40 Rein Laak 5

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