12 Worcester Business Journal | February 9, 2026 | wbjournal.com
Largest patent holders in Central Mass.
Ranked by total utility patents awarded, 2020-2024 ((11))
Organization
Total utility patents
awarded 2020-2024 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
1
Dell Technologies
Hopkinton
2,069 259 395 551 475 389
2
RTX Corp. (2)
Marlborough
639 99 117 148 135 140
3
Boston Scientific Corp.
Marlborough
571 176 107 87 93 108
4
Bose Corp.
Framingham
540 60 82 101 130 167
5
Waters Corp.
Milford
202 50 39 36 39 38
6
Hologic Inc. (3)
Marlborough
167 62 37 26 22 20
7
AMD
Boxborough
121 44 21 19 21 16
8
Senko Advanced Components Inc.
Hudson
89 6 8 10 32 33
9
MathWorks
Natick
82 8 10 14 21 29
10
Marvell Semiconductor Inc.
Westborough
79 9 13 22 11 24
11
Acacia, part of Cisco
Maynard
78 27 15 15 8 13
12
Insulet Corp.
Acton
76 17 20 15 9 15
13
Qnity Electronics Inc., New England
Manufacturing & Technology Center (4)
Marlborough
75 10 15 11 12 27
14
Cognex Corp.
Natick
72 8 18 12 14 20
15
Entegris
Franklin
57 17 13 10 10 7
16
Cytiva, a Danaher co. (5)
Marlborough
57 14 12 14 8 9
17
Olympus Corp. of the Americas
Westborough
54 21 14 14 5 0
18
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester
51 9 9 7 12 14
Source: United States Patents & Trademarks Office (USPTO)
(1) Utility patents whose first-named inventor resides in Massachusetts were counted for this list.
(2) Formerly Raytheon Technologies
(3) In October 2025, announced plans to be acquired for up to $18.3 billion by multinational
alternative asset managers Blackstone of New York City and TPG of San Francisco; the manufacturer
will continue to operate out of Marlborough and under the name Hologic.
(4) Formerly DuPont Electronics and Imaging; announced separation from DuPont de Nemours Inc.
on Nov. 1, 2025
(5) Part of Global Life Sciences Solutions U.S. LLC
-Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher, research@nebusinessmedia.com
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