Arizona — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Arizona 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Tucson, AZ	456	305
#2	Phoenix, AZ	422	295
#3	Scottsdale, AZ	236	163
#4	Mesa, AZ	235	166
#5	Chandler, AZ	226	152
#6	Tempe, AZ	225	149
#7	Gilbert, AZ	135	106
#8	Flagstaff, AZ	42	28
#9	Paradise Valley, AZ	37	23
#10	Glendale, AZ	33	29
#11	Fountain Hills, AZ	22	10
#12	Peoria, AZ	22	18
#13	Apache Junction, AZ	19	11
#14	Oro Valley, AZ	18	7
#15	Goodyear, AZ	17	6
#16	Cottonwood, AZ	10	7
#17	Prescott, AZ	9	7
#18	Sedona, AZ	8	6
#19	Seoul, AZ	7	2
#20	Strawberry, AZ	5	1
#21	Vail, AZ	5	3
#22	Lake Havasu City, AZ	5	4
#23	Green Valley, AZ	5	5
#24	Prescott Valley, AZ	5	4
#25	Tokyo, AZ	5	4

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Shay-Ping T. Wang	Tempe	Motorola	20
2	Mamoru Miyawaki	Tucson	Canon	15
3	Timothy W. Markison	Mesa	Cleversafe	11
#4	Thomas B. Harvey, III	Scottsdale	Motorola	10
#5	Saied N. Tehrani	Scottsdale	Motorola	9
#5	William C. Johnson	Fountain Hills	Eta Technologies	9
#5	Michael S. Lebby	Apache Junction	Motorola	9
#5	Toan Trinh	Phoenix	The Procter & Gamble	9
#5	Song Q. Shi	Phoenix	Motorola	9
#10	Evan C. Unger	Tucson	Imarx Pharmaceutical	8
#10	John A. Solheim	Phoenix	Karsten Manufacturing	8
#12	Jess A. Cuevas	Scottsdale	Trw Limited	7
#12	Charles E. Weitzel	Scottsdale	Motorola	7
#12	Gary A. Flynn	Oro Valley	Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals	7
#12	Daniel R. Tayloe	Phoenix	Motorola	7
#12	Chi-Thanh Dang	Tucson	IBM	7
#17	Clinton C. Powell, II	Chandler	Motorola	6
#17	James L. Baglini	Chandler	Oea	6
#17	John M. Davenport	Tucson	GE	6
#17	Karen E. Jachimowicz	Goodyear	Motorola	6
#17	Robert G. Everts	Mesa	—	6
#17	William Frank Micka	Tucson	IBM	6
#17	Fred V. Richard	Scottsdale	Motorola	6
#24	Frederic Zenhausern	Phoenix	University Of Arizona	5
#24	Scott David Blanchard	Strawberry	Motorola	5