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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheaton, MD ranks #7,880 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 282 patents from 97 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheaton, MD include Verizon, Bell Atlantic Network Services, Millennium Cell. That works out to 5.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 97 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander I. McAllister Verizon 28
2 Bruce Kostreski Bell Atlantic Network Services 16
3 Richard Mohring Millennium Cell 14
#4 Richard W. Dixon Burns Aerospace 10
#5 Clyde A. Morrison US Army 9
#6 Lawrence Anderson US Dept of Health & Human Services 8
#7 Isaac J. Landa L. T. Industries 7
#7 John F. Lechner US Dept of Health & Human Services 7
#9 Gregory A. Dasch US Air Force 6
#9 Robert S. Bugash Simmonds Precision Products 6
#9 Alex McAllister Bell Atlantic Network Services 6
#9 Anastasios Golnas Stanford University 6
#13 William Michael Durham Genworth Financial 5
#13 Judith McCullen US Army 5
#13 Mariena V. Mattson US Dept of Health & Human Services 5
#16 Gery Sherman 4
#16 John W. Little, Jr. Lockheed Martin 4
#16 James A. Cliber Amg Idealcast Solar 4
#16 Redge A. Mahaffey US Air Force 4
#16 Allen P. Minton Beckman Instruments 4
#16 Eric J. Wuchina US Air Force 4
#16 Gretchen N. Schwartz Quality Biological 4
#23 Frederick C. Hallberg NASA 3
#23 Ellen M. Moran Unknown 3
#23 Roger P. Chase Lockheed Martin 3
#23 Kim T. Blackwell Erim International 3
#23 Felipe N. Padilla US Army 3
#23 Kyu H. Kwak 3
#23 Elizabeth Moran University Of Oklahoma 3
#23 Herman H. Lowell 3
#23 Edward A. Leibolt US Air Force 3
#23 Robert G. Phillips Sprint Communications 3
#23 William Hook US Dept of Health & Human Services 3
#34 Paul Michael Mayercik US Army 2
#34 James Henry Pickett 2
#34 Lunet E. Luna US Navy 2
#34 William G. Degraff US Dept of Health & Human Services 2
#34 Mark E. Besmen Comcast 2
#34 She L. Loke US Dept of Health & Human Services 2
#34 Robert W. Couch Fusion Systems 2
#34 Makoto Sasaki The Government Of The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Deptartment Of Health And Human Services 2
#34 Luther E. Lindler US Army 2
#34 Bruce D. Gobioff IBM 2
#34 Stephen Paul Ebner US Air Force 2
#34 Geoffrey W. Patton The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 2
#34 Jorge Seoane Gomez Thomas Jefferson University 2
#34 Anthony S. Jannotta 2
#34 Heather J. Patrick US Air Force 2
#34 Curt Harper Fusion Lighting 2
#34 Hugh A. Bruck The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 2

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