Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willimantic, CT ranks #6,358 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 386 patents from 88 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willimantic, CT include University Of Connecticut, Hamilton Sundstrand, Elkay Manufacturing. That works out to 21.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 88 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Geoff W. Taylor University Of Connecticut 69
2 Myles R. Kelly Hamilton Sundstrand 18
3 Ronald C. Katz Elkay Manufacturing 16
#4 Edward P. Brandeau Akzona Incorporated 14
#4 Ethan K. Stearns RTX (Raytheon) 14
#4 Christopher A. Lacey Phase Metrics 14
#7 Richard R. Wright RTX (Raytheon) 13
#8 Amir Faghri University Of Connecticut 12
#9 Brian Riley Combustion Engineering 11
#10 John F. Carney, III Texas A&M University System 10
#10 Christopher Mirley Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 10
#10 David J. Allie Coherent 10
#13 Martin Fox University Of Connecticut 9
#13 Samuel Gazit Rogers 9
#15 John R. Naumec RTX (Raytheon) 7
#15 Alevtina Smirnova South Dakota Board Of Regents 7
#17 Pankaj K. Das US Air Force 6
#18 Rajesh Thotapally University Of Connecticut 5
#18 Gopi V. Avvari Createme Technologies 5
#18 Zhaoyan Fan University Of Connecticut 5
#21 Nejat Olgac University Of Connecticut 4
#21 Mohammad Tehranipoor University Of Connecticut 4
#21 Slaven Stricevic Carrier 4
#21 Daniel B. Chaput Hartford Fire Insurance 4
#21 Richard L. Maine Lydall 4
#26 Charan Devarakonda University Of Connecticut 3
#26 Dylan Petruskevicius Ortronics 3
#26 Aaron Spearin 3M 3
#26 Roger D. Carroll 3
#26 Philip Turkington 3
#26 Mark Turkington 3
#26 Eugene Kask Rogers 3
#26 Yiqi Liu University Of Connecticut 3
#26 Paul Klemens Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#26 Aggelos Kiayias Emc Ip Holding Company 3
#26 Ethan C. Drew RTX (Raytheon) 3
#26 Siddharth Rawat University Of Connecticut 3
#26 Michelle Diana Stearns RTX (Raytheon) 3
#39 Lakshitha R. Pahalagedara University Of Connecticut 2
#39 Robert T. Vinopal Olin 2
#39 Thomas G. Zemek RTX (Raytheon) 2
#39 John T. Marshall Dapco Industries 2
#39 Philip E. Best Advanced Fuel Research 2
#39 David A. Kriz University Of Connecticut 2
#39 Kan Xiao Fortinet 2
#39 Zan Gao University of Virginia 2
#39 Donald Chanski Cuno Incorporated 2
#39 James J. Anastasi Akzona Incorporated 2
#39 Tingyang XU Nec 2
#39 Harish Ravichandar University Of Connecticut 2

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