Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Trenton, NJ ranks #2,041 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,575 patents from 408 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Trenton, NJ include ExxonMobil, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Continental Pet Technologies. That works out to 17.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 408 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bruce P. Pelrine ExxonMobil 40
2 Philip Varghese ExxonMobil 34
2 Leslie R. Rudnick ExxonMobil 34
#4 Gregory D. Vite Bristol-Myers Squibb 33
#5 Tracy J. Huang ExxonMobil 30
#6 Richard F. Socha ExxonMobil 29
#7 Steven L. Schmidt Continental Pet Technologies 23
#7 William C. Drach US Army 23
#7 Frank Higgins AT&T 23
#10 Wilbur Mardis Elementis Specialties 21
#11 Alfred G. Comolli Hri 20
#11 Frank Z. Hawrylo US Air Force 20
#11 Charles B. Carroll Ocean Power Technologies 20
#14 Danny Rich Sun Chemical 19
#15 Chung P. Wu Rca 18
#16 David M. Spatz Chevron 17
#16 Martin D. Eastgate Bristol-Myers Squibb 17
#18 Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn Johnson & Johnson 16
#19 William W. Reichert Rheox 14
#19 Richard McBride AT&T 14
#19 Vance M. Johnson Moen Incorporated 14
#19 Richard L. Hahn Prs 14
#19 Daniel J. Martenak Rohm And Haas 14
#24 Thomas P. Gandek Union Camp Patent Holding 13
#24 Richard E. Hall Fmc 13
#24 Robert T. Topper White Consolidated Industries 13
#27 Kevin J. Connor Cisco 12
#27 Thomas Walter Drabb American Cyanamid 12
#29 Christopher J. Poux David Sarnoff Research Center 11
#29 Edward J. Barron Fmc 11
#29 Jordan R. Nelson Rca 11
#29 Frank T. DiGuiseppi ExxonMobil 11
#29 Pamela Kay York Sarnoff 11
#29 Steven J. Kemnetz Rheox 11
#29 Donald C. Ferguson American Biltrite 11
#29 Scott A. Bennett Xerox 11
#29 Praveen Tyle Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 11
#29 Jerry Andrew Taylor Merck 11
#29 Clarence C. Lee C.R. Bard 11
#29 Bruce Lee Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 11
#41 Carl P. Schaffner Karykion 10
#41 Michael A. Colacello Rca 10
#41 Kirk McMillan Berlex Laboratories 10
#44 Yuhshi Luh ExxonMobil 9
#44 Dominic Stephen Rosati Delsys Pharmaceutical 9
#44 Wayne M. Anderson Rca 9
#44 Paul Nicholson Fmc 9
#48 Bernard Cohen Intermountain Research & Development 8
#48 Claude J. Schmidle Thiokol 8
#48 Victor Palinczar Carter Wallace 8

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