Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Westerly, RI ranks #5,308 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 493 patents from 131 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Westerly, RI include Ortronics, Heidelberg Druckmaschinen, Zebra Technologies. That works out to 26.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 131 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel M. Smith Ortronics 35
2 Charles Henry Dufour Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 32
3 Roland Thomas Palmatier Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 28
#4 Raymond E. Maynard Zebra Technologies 22
#5 Dustin Simone Reebok International Limited 21
#6 David F. Rivera US Air Force 19
#7 Darrell J. Koza Trustees Of Tufts College 18
#8 Shaughnessy Robinson Nimbus Iris 17
#9 Greg Marshall Weatherford/Lamb 10
#10 Chris M. Vacca Ortronics 9
#11 Mohamed M. A. Awad Sterling Winthrop 8
#11 Christopher W. Gribble Hubbell Incorporated 8
#11 Richard Zerbarini Hrm Enterprises 8
#11 Robert Petrocelli Oracle 8
#11 Scott J. Quaratella Xomed Surgical Products 8
#11 Antonio L. Deus, III US Air Force 8
#17 Jonas O. St. Alban Hoechst Celanese 7
#18 Henry DiGregorio Nordson 6
#18 Scott Patton Sony 6
#18 Don A. Dearwester Pfizer 6
#21 Paul Zerbarini Hrm Enterprises 5
#21 Kenneth A. Bradley WARF 5
#21 Mary L. Mangano Dekalb Genetics 5
#21 Peter Anthes Wella Gmbh 5
#21 Braden P. DeVore 5
#21 Nikolai A. Voicechovski Actega North America Technologies 5
#21 Kenneth Perry IBM 5
#21 Darren J. Blier US Air Force 5
#29 Brett Marggraff 4
#29 Elaine Marggraff 4
#29 Antone John deBettencourt, III Pfizer 4
#29 Myriam Morley 4
#29 Robert Zerbarini Hrm Enterprises 4
#29 Walter R. Schwer Ortronics 4
#29 Grant Ehrlich Yardney Technical Products 4
#36 Jon A. Babcock Posi-Seal International 3
#36 David D. Bell Harris Graphics 3
#36 Daniel Copley Schmitt Pfizer 3
#36 Luke McDermott Ford 3
#36 Tracy H. Udelson Hubbell Incorporated 3
#36 Melissa Way Monsanto Technology 3
#36 James H. Thorp 3
#36 Normand Guay 3
#36 Aldo S. Berchielli Yardney Electric 3
#36 Robert Giordano Heidelberg Harris 3
#36 Dennis Pereira Yale University 3
#36 Peter F. Ruggiero Metal Improvement Company 3
#36 Jesse A. Teske Pfizer 3
#49 Mark J. Vaccaro US Air Force 2
#49 Harold Jason Treulich Rapid7 2

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