Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Westfield, NJ ranks #562 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,055 patents from 765 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Westfield, NJ include Merck, ExxonMobil, Cotapaxi Custom Design And Manufacturing. That works out to 195.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 765 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Arthur A. Patchett Merck 132
2 Abhimanyu O. Patil ExxonMobil 122
3 Carl Cetera Cotapaxi Custom Design And Manufacturing 114
#4 Narayan Prasad Nec Laboratories America 108
#5 Michael Siskin ExxonMobil 102
#6 Chester Kolton B&G Plastics 98
#7 Richard A. Wilson International Flavors & Fragrances 86
#8 Stanley J. Brois ExxonMobil 82
#9 William K. Hagmann Merck 77
#10 Jeffrey C. Moore Codexis 73
#11 Stephen J. Griesmer AT&T 62
#11 Charles Cozewith ExxonMobil 62
#13 Isabelle Hansenne L'Oreal 61
#14 Krishan K. Sabnani AT&T 57
#15 Gary B. McVicker ExxonMobil 55
#16 Robert J. Farrauto Engelhard 54
#17 Nathan B. Mantlo Merck 52
#18 Qun Dang Merck 51
#18 Anthony T. Levorse, Jr. International Flavors & Fragrances 51
#20 Mark Goulet Merck 48
#21 Ichiro Shinkai Merck 47
#21 Michael T. Nowak Presstek, Llc. 47
#23 Siliu Tan L'Oreal 43
#23 Steven Todd AT&T 43
#25 Ilya Feygin Pharmacopeia 42
#25 Noriaki Kaneda Alcatel Lucent 42
#25 Jeffrey J. Hale 42
#28 Zhenkun Ma Abbott 41
#29 Ping Liu Merck 40
#30 Gabriel L. Miller AT&T 36
#30 William W. Leong Bristol-Myers Squibb 36
#32 Eric Rubel Pic 35
#32 Yair Frankel Bank of America 35
#32 Meilong Jiang Nec Laboratories America 35
#35 Sherman T. Waddell Merck 34
#35 Sawa Hashimoto L'Oreal 34
#37 Anthony C. Donato Genlyte Thomas Group 33
#37 James B. Stamatoff Hoechst Celanese 33
#37 Karrie Hanson AT&T 33
#40 Raymond P. Warrell, Jr. Acquist 32
#40 Tsung-Ying Shen Merck 32
#42 Michael W. Helioff Isp Investments 31
#43 Edward J. J. Grabowski Merck 30
#43 Birgit Kosjek Codexis 30
#43 Morton Beltzer ExxonMobil 30
#46 Eric Schiller Becton Dickinson France 29
#46 Paul J. Reider Merck 29
#46 Xiao-Feng Qi Futurewei Technologies 29
#49 Ulf H. Dolling Merck 28
#49 Warren W. Kaeding ExxonMobil 28

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