Yearly Summary: | |||||
Year | Inventors | Patents | Assignees | Avg Pats/Assign | Patent Classes |
2014 | 691 | 420 | 131 | 3.2 | 69 |
2015 | 617 | 385 | 115 | 3.3 | 111 |
2016 | 702 | 439 | 120 | 3.7 | 101 |
2017 | 708 | 450 | 136 | 3.3 | 107 |
2018 | 633 | 381 | 115 | 3.3 | 104 |
2019 | 775 | 497 | 126 | 3.9 | 106 |
2020 | 865 | 546 | 157 | 3.5 | 115 |
2021 | 752 | 429 | 140 | 3.1 | 124 |
2022 | 750 | 432 | 141 | 3.1 | 106 |
2023 | 700 | 409 | 136 | 3.0 | 109 |
2024 | 769 | 428 | 139 | 3.1 | 108 |
2025 | 493 | 218 | 80 | 2.7 | 80 |
Patent Type Summary: | ||
Type | Patents | Percentage |
Utility | 4947 | 92.8 % |
Design | 379 | 7.1 % |
Reissue | 5 | .1 % |
Patent Class Summary: | ||
Class | Patents | Percentage |
[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) | 568 | 10.7 % |
[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48) | 366 | 6.9 % |
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] | 219 | 4.1 % |
[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) | 188 | 3.5 % |
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) | 170 | 3.2 % |
[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ß-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4] | 153 | 2.9 % |
[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3] | 152 | 2.9 % |
[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3] | 119 | 2.2 % |
[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4] | 96 | 1.8 % |
[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01] | 93 | 1.7 % |
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] | 89 | 1.7 % |
[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2] | 86 | 1.6 % |
[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA | 70 | 1.3 % |
[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01] | 68 | 1.3 % |
[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00) | 67 | 1.3 % |
[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR | 65 | 1.2 % |
[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5] | 63 | 1.2 % |
[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6] | 52 | 1.0 % |
[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] | 52 | 1.0 % |
[B01J] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS, COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (processes or apparatus for specific applications, see the relevant places for these processes or apparatus, e.g. F26B 3/08) [2] | 49 | .9 % |
[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4] | 47 | .9 % |
[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) | 46 | .9 % |
[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12) | 42 | .8 % |
[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS | 41 | .8 % |
[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00) | 36 | .7 % |
Assignee Summary: | ||||
Assignee | Location | Patents | Dominant Art Class | Percentage |
The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 1731 | A61K (326) | 32.5 % |
Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 430 | A43B (63) | 8.1 % |
University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | 371 | A61K (102) | 7.0 % |
Ciena | Hanover, MD | 115 | H04L (29) | 2.2 % |
University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore, MD | 86 | G01N (12) | 1.6 % |
TeleCommunication Systems | Annapolis, MD | 71 | H04W (25) | 1.3 % |
The John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 54 | A61K (12) | 1.0 % |
Thermochem Recovery International | Baltimore, MD | 50 | C01B (13) | .9 % |
Baltimore Aircoil | Jessup, MD | 44 | F28F (14) | .8 % |
EVAPCO | Taneytown, MD | 42 | F28B (10) | .8 % |
iBiquity Digital | Columbia, MD | 40 | H04L (11) | .8 % |
WellDoc | Columbia, MD | 39 | G16H (24) | .7 % |
Morgan State University | Baltimore, MD | 33 | C12N (4) | .6 % |
Applied Nanostructured Solutions | Baltimore, MD | 33 | .6 % | |
LINK LABS | Annapolis, MD | 28 | H04W (17) | .5 % |
Vorbeck Materials | Jessup, MD | 28 | H04M (5) | .5 % |
ZeroFOX | Baltimore, MD | 27 | H04L (18) | .5 % |
W. R. Grace -Conn. | Columbia, MD | 26 | B01J (7) | .5 % |
TheraPearl | Columbia, MD | 25 | .5 % | |
Enveil | Fulton, MD | 25 | H04L (20) | .5 % |
AAI | Hunt Valley, MD | 24 | .5 % | |
Osiris Therapeutics | Columbia, MD | 24 | A61K (16) | .5 % |
Advanced BioNutrition | Columbia, MD | 23 | A61K (12) | .4 % |
Serio-US Industries | Baltimore, MD | 22 | B65F (21) | .4 % |
MRA Systems | Baltimore, MD | 21 | F02C (6) | .4 % |
Top Inventor Summary: (All Genders) | |||||||
Inventor | Gender | Inventor Location | Assignee | Assignee Location | Patents | Dominant Art Class | Percentage |
Bert Vogelstein | Male | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 87 | C12Q (54) | 1.6 % |
Kenneth W. Kinzler | Male | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 71 | C12Q (51) | 1.3 % |
Nickolas Papadopoulos | Male | Towson, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 51 | C12Q (36) | 1.0 % |
Michael Y. Frankel | Male | Baltimore, MD | Ciena | Hanover, MD | 47 | .9 % | |
Martin G. Pomper | Male | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 46 | A61K (30) | .9 % |
David Dombrow | Male | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 44 | .8 % | |
Ravi Chandran | Male | Ellicott City, MD | Thermochem Recovery International | Baltimore, MD | 43 | C01B (13) | .8 % |
Daniel Michael Leo | Male | Baltimore, MD | ThermoChem Recovery International | Baltimore, MD | 39 | C01B (13) | .7 % |
Russell H. Taylor | Male | Severna Park, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 37 | A61B (23) | .7 % |
Daniel A. Burciaga | Male | Manchester, MD | ThermoChem Recovery International | Baltimore, MD | 35 | C01B (12) | .7 % |
F. Grant Kovach | Unknown | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 33 | A43B (7) | .6 % |
Justin Hanes | Male | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 33 | A61K (33) | .6 % |
Jason Berns | Male | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 30 | A41D (10) | .6 % |
Alan Guyan | Male | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 30 | A43B (25) | .6 % |
Vladimir Pelekhaty | Male | Baltimore, MD | Ciena | Hanover, MD | 27 | H04L (10) | .5 % |
Alla Danilkovitch | Female | Columbia, MD | Osiris Therapeutics | Columbia, MD | 24 | A61K (16) | .5 % |
John P. Toscano | Male | Glen Arm, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 24 | C07C (12) | .5 % |
Michael Glancy | Male | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 24 | .5 % | |
Sangeeta Ray | Female | Ellicott City, MD | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Baltimore, MD | 23 | A61K (14) | .4 % |
David Andrew Aaron | Male | Reisterstown, MD | Baltimore Aircoil | Jessup, MD | 23 | F28C (11) | .4 % |
Brian W. Kroeger | Male | Sykesville, MD | iBiquity Digital | Columbia, MD | 23 | H04L (11) | .4 % |
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen | Male | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 23 | A61B (14) | .4 % |
Hamilton Sean Michael Whitney | Male | Baltimore, MD | Thermochem Recovery International | Baltimore, MD | 23 | C01B (13) | .4 % |
David L. Reeb | Male | Sykesville, MD | Serio-US Industries | Baltimore, MD | 22 | B65F (21) | .4 % |
Julian McClain | Male | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 22 | .4 % |
Top Inventor Summary: (Females Only) | |||||||
Inventor | Gender | Inventor Location | Assignee | Assignee Location | Patents | Dominant Art Class | Percent of Patents |
Alla Danilkovitch | Female | Columbia, MD | Osiris Therapeutics | Columbia, MD | 24 | A61K (16) | .5 % |
Sangeeta Ray | Female | Ellicott City, MD | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Baltimore, MD | 23 | A61K (14) | .4 % |
Barbara Slusher | Female | Kingsville, MD | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Baltimore, MD | 19 | A61K (10) | .4 % |
Ellison Anne Williams | Female | Fulton, MD | Enveil | Fulton, MD | 19 | H04L (15) | .4 % |
Carol Baltazar | Female | Glenwood, MD | TheraPearl | Columbia, MD | 17 | .3 % | |
Merida Miller | Female | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 17 | .3 % | |
Morgana M. Trexler | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 13 | .2 % | |
Jennifer H. Elisseeff | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 13 | A61K (4) | .2 % |
Jennifer Michelle Marconi | Female | Glen Burnie, MD | Osiris Therapeutics | Columbia, MD | 12 | A61K (12) | .2 % |
Malinda Peeples | Female | Columbia, MD | Welldoc | Columbia, MD | 12 | A61B (7) | .2 % |
Helen Zinreich Shafer | Female | Owings Mills, MD | IZI Medical Products | Owings Mills, MD | 12 | .2 % | |
Sian Jones | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 11 | C12Q (9) | .2 % |
Natalia A. Trayanova | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 11 | A61B (10) | .2 % |
Leah Tolosa | Female | Columbia, MD | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore, MD | 10 | C12M (7) | .2 % |
Kate Redmond | Female | Baltimore, MD | Vorbeck Materials | Jessup, MD | 10 | C08K (4) | .2 % |
Carol J. Braun | Female | Ellicott City, MD | Lupin | Baltimore, MD | 9 | A61K (9) | .2 % |
Kathleen A. Turano | Female | Baltimore, MD | Plant Sensory Systems | Baltimore, MD | 8 | .2 % | |
Laura Ensign | Female | Towson, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 8 | A61K (10) | .2 % |
Marcia W. Patchan | Female | Columbia, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 8 | A61K (3) | .2 % |
Mari Lucero | Female | Baltimore, MD | Under Armour | Baltimore, MD | 8 | A41D (4) | .2 % |
Rana Rais | Female | West Friendship, MD | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Baltimore, MD | 8 | C07F (7) | .2 % |
Sharon Gerecht | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 8 | C12N (7) | .2 % |
Xuan Liu | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 8 | G01B (4) | .2 % |
Xing Yang | Female | Baltimore, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 8 | A61K (6) | .2 % |
Laura M. Ensign | Female | Towson, MD | The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 7 | A61K (8) | .1 % |
Gender Summary: | ||
Gender | Inventors | Percentage |
Male | 3349 | 69.5 % |
Female | 762 | 15.8 % |
Unknown | 705 | 14.6 % |