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Washington, DC All Time

13,175 patents  ·  3,063 inventors  ·  19.1/1k pop.

Ranked #221 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Washington, DC ranks #221 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 13,175 patents from 3,063 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, DC include Capital One Services, Afiniti, Georgetown University. That works out to 19.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 3,063 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira Capital One Services 348
2 Adam Koeppel Capital One Services 172
3 Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira Capital One Services 162
#4 Zia Chishti Afiniti 156
#5 Ophir Frieder Georgetown University 154
#6 Casey Alexander HUKE Adrenalineip 116
#7 Kaitlin Newman Capital One Services 95
#8 Chris J. Katopis Unknown 87
#9 Andrew Wright IBM 84
#10 Jurgen H. Daniel Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 80
#11 Muhammad Chishti Align Technology 77
#12 Salik Shah Capital One Services 76
#13 Peter Kwong The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 74
#14 Xiaoxiao Chen Huawei 68
#15 Sophie Bermudez Capital One Services 61
#16 Upendra Bhalchandra Shevade Amazon 60
#17 Lukiih Cuan Capital One Services 54
#18 John S. Lettow Vorbeck Materials 53
#19 Edward G. Katz IBM 50
#20 Arnold L. Berman Rkf Engineering Solutions 49
#21 N. Leigh Anderson Large Scale Proteomics 47
#22 Matthew J. McMahon Second Sight Medical Products 46
#23 Kevin A. Gray Verenium 43
#24 James M. Leas IBM 41
#24 Luke A. Hammock Capital One Services 41
#24 Charles R. Kollar Covidien Lp 41
#24 Lea Cody Capital One Services 41
#28 Glen D. Armstrong Synsorb Biotech 40
#29 Aik Chindapol Sprint Spectrum 38
#30 Patrick J. Malloy Riverbed Technology 37
#30 Jesse A. Frantz US Navy 37
#32 William P. Wiesmann Synedgen 36
#33 Shelley Cazares Cardiac Pacemakers 35
#33 David LaFleur Human Genome Sciences 35
#35 William R. Vogt Baker Industries 34
#35 Jerald C. Sadoff Aeras Global Tb Vaccine Foundation 34
#35 Gian Luca Araldi Georgetown University 34
#38 Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith JPMorgan Chase 33
#38 Michael D. Max Marine Desalination Systems 33
#40 Robin Stewart Salesforce 32
#40 Michael Zirngibl Microstrategy Incorporated 32
#40 James R. Butler Analog Devices 32
#40 Robert L. Albright Sun Drilling Products 32
#44 Brian C. Schimpf IBM 31
#44 Ewen F. Kirkness Human Genome Sciences 31
#44 Alex J. Severinsky Paice 31
#47 Faheem Sandhu K2M 30
#48 Lawrence M. Ausubel Efficient Auctions 29
#48 Yannis Labrou Fujitsu Limited 29
#48 Chadwick Lawrence Canedy US Navy 29

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