Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wellesley, MA ranks #510 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,521 patents from 837 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wellesley, MA include AMD, Burroughs Wellcome, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.. That works out to 220.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 837 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David A. Roberts AMD 164
2 Kenneth W. Bair Burroughs Wellcome 123
3 Yu Zhu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 122
#4 Isaac Ostrovsky Boston Scientific Scimed 111
#5 Robert J. Mears Atomera Incorporated 90
#6 Charles Hwang Becton, Dickinson And 85
#7 Mark E. Duggan Merck 79
#8 John Ciolfi The Mathworks 73
#9 Mark E. Herrmann 72
#10 Maria Palasis Boston Scientific Scimed 71
#11 Donald W. Kufe Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 60
#11 Jay R. Luly Abbott 60
#13 Yu Jiang Shanghai Xpt Technology Limited 59
#14 Wayne A. Marasco Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 55
#14 Nikolai D. Begg Covidien Lp 55
#16 Robert Gonsalves Avid Technology 51
#16 Yue-Mei Zhang Johnson & Johnson 51
#18 Michel D. Arney Kopin 48
#19 Jehan Hamedi Vizit Labs 47
#19 David Zahniser Roche Diagnostics Hematology 47
#21 Kevin Walsh Boston Scientific Scimed 45
#21 Sandeep Akkaraju Exo Imaging 45
#23 Kin-Ming Lo Merck 41
#23 Leonard I. Zon Children'S Medical Center 41
#25 Jeffrey A. Kraemer Cisco 40
#25 Christian Reimer Hyperlight 40
#27 Michael G. Hluchyj Motorola 39
#27 Ara Nazarian Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 39
#27 Robert A. Ware ExxonMobil 39
#30 Joseph M. Proud Gte Laboratories Incorporated 38
#30 Paul E. Glenn Quantum-Si Incorporated 38
#30 Clifford C. Hoyt Cambridge Research & Instrumentation 38
#30 Roger S. Zimmerman 3Play Media 38
#30 Kevin G. Connors AT&T 38
#35 Arthur Keigler Tel Nexx 37
#35 Qun Kevin Fang Sepracor 37
#37 Horace W. Furumoto Cynosure 36
#37 Charles W. Selvidge Mentor Graphics 36
#37 Saurabh Saha Biomed Valley Discoveries 36
#40 Harith Rajagopalan Fractyl Health 35
#40 John Pulichino American Tourister 35
#40 Kenneth C. Anderson Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 35
#43 Lee L. Rubin Curis 33
#43 Richard K. Holman 24M Technologies 33
#45 Jeffrey M. Arnold Cardiofocus 30
#45 Gary Wang 3Com 30
#45 Shuai Wu Verizon 30
#45 Kenneth C. Hayes Brandeis University 30
#45 Harvey Bomes American Tourister 30
#50 Phil Sutherland Layer3 Tv 29

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