Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Topsfield, MA ranks #2,782 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,105 patents from 151 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Topsfield, MA include Zena Technologies, New England Biolabs, Mks Instruments. That works out to 385.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 151 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Munib Wober Zena Technologies 60
2 Thomas C. Evans New England Biolabs 47
3 Jesse E. Ambrosina Mks Instruments 46
#4 Carol Devellian W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 45
#5 R. Maxwell Flaherty Acutus Medical 40
#6 Karl Ackerman Sophos Limited 39
#7 Craig Zimmerman Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals 36
#7 Richard S. Muka Brooks Automation Gmbh 36
#9 Alan Blanchard Thrive Bioscience 32
#10 Donald W. Berrian Axcelis Technologies 26
#11 Justin Cumming Desktop Metal 25
#12 Yu Zheng New England Biolabs 24
#13 William A. Northey Berg Technology 22
#14 Justin Cumming Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 21
#14 Joshua Krieger Cook Medical Technologies 21
#16 Peter Dillon The Timberland 20
#17 Kamran Zarrineh Oracle 19
#18 Douglas Abraham Analogic 17
#19 John Riley Vonage Network 16
#19 Dale E. Work Microtek Laboratories 16
#21 Rudolf Limpaecher D.C. Transformation 15
#21 Jeffrey E. Krampert Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 15
#23 Stanislav S. Todorov Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 13
#24 Chris Cole Juniper Networks 12
#24 Robert C. Simmonds, Jr. Usm Holding Ag 12
#24 Marco Lara Yahoo Holdings 12
#24 Pei-Chung Hsieh New England Biolabs 12
#28 Robert Huebner Open Text S.A. 11
#28 Gary P. Magnant Thermoceramix 11
#30 Jan Vandebult Polyonics 10
#30 Carl M. Roberts, Jr. Analog Devices 10
#30 Thomas C. McEntee Morton Thiokol 10
#30 William F. Bowers W. R. Grace & 10
#34 Dennis B. Shinn Osram Sylvania 9
#34 Bernhard F. Cordts, III Ibis Technology 9
#34 Robert Wiley Network Engines 9
#37 Edmund J. Keliher The General Hospital 8
#37 Philip Emma Intirion 8
#37 C. Ronald Coffin Hydrocision 8
#37 James Ugone 8
#41 Martin Siwak Emd Millipore 7
#41 Walter P. Haimberger Polaroid 7
#41 Ryan Connelly Lemaitre Vascular 7
#41 Richard E. Seeger Amoco 7
#41 David Matthew Stevenson Aveva Software 7
#41 Thomas G. Kenny 7
#47 Philip E. Orbanes Marvlee 6
#47 Merwin F. Hoover Polyonics 6
#47 Doug Q. Abraham Analogic 6
#47 Bradley L. Tebo 6

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