Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Watchung, NJ ranks #2,282 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,386 patents from 176 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watchung, NJ include Micron, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T. That works out to 214.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 176 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christophe Pierrat Micron 180
2 Duan Li Ou Johnson & Johnson 48
3 Clinton Randy Giles AT&T 46
#4 Byron H. Arison Merck 44
#5 Edward N. Kresge ExxonMobil 40
#6 Gary H. Rasmusson Merck 38
#6 Eric David Petajan AT&T 38
#8 David B. Bartholic Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals 35
#9 Kim N. Matthews AT&T 33
#10 Michael J. Sammon Avaya 31
#11 Eugene S. Barabas Gaf 27
#12 Lawrence Feigen Oracle 26
#13 David E. Aspnes Therma-Wave 22
#14 Arthur W. Langer, Jr. ExxonMobil 21
#14 Paul Triantafyllou AT&T 21
#16 Thomas Mikus Shell Oil Compny 20
#17 Dagobert E. Stuetz Hoechst Celanese 19
#18 Simarna Kaur Johnson & Johnson 18
#18 Roddi Simpson Smiths Medical Asd 18
#18 Russell B. Lingham Merck 18
#21 Ning Shao Merck 16
#21 Joseph V. Cusumano ExxonMobil 16
#21 Unmesh Shah Merck 16
#24 Jacqueline D. Hicks Merck 15
#24 William J. Infosino AT&T 15
#24 Whitney White Chromis Fiberoptics 15
#27 Brian G. Bagley Bell Communications Research 14
#27 Martin D. Carroll AT&T 14
#29 Michael Schachter Orion Diamond 13
#29 Ruo Xu Schering 13
#29 Anwar I. Walid Alcatel Lucent 13
#32 Christine Marie Crane L'Oreal 12
#32 Roy H. Taylor Vickers 12
#32 Rita Sadhvani Cellco Partnership 12
#35 Morris Zimmerman Merck 11
#35 John M. Andrews US Air Force 11
#37 Hongmo Wang AT&T 10
#37 Rafal Sitkowski Avaya 10
#37 John L. Jones NVIDIA 10
#37 Abdul Rafman Azeez Bank of America 10
#41 Monica Chitre Cellco Partnership 9
#41 Gerhard Liepold Cohera Medical 9
#43 Karl Weinmann 8
#43 Arthur Santora Merck 8
#43 Subash C. Seth Merck 8
#43 Gregory G. Boll 8
#43 Alex Elbrecht Merck 8
#43 Melissa Dumble Glaxosmithkline 8
#43 Anthony Solazzo 8
#43 Jay M. Stiles Avaya 8

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