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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Anchorage, AK ranks #1,701 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 72 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anchorage, AK include Monticello Enterprises, Alaskan Energy Resources, IBM. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ryan Connell Durham Monticello Enterprises 10
2 Lee Morgan Smith Alaskan Energy Resources 7
3 Betty A. Eastup-Smith Alaskan Energy Resources 4
#4 Robert Harris IBM 3
#5 Michael Steven Melum 2
#5 Robert C. Nelson Schlumberger Technology 2
#5 James R. Moulic IBM 2
#5 Richard W. Hotes Alaska Structures 2
#9 Nicolai Tykalsky 1
#9 Reed Bovee 1
#9 Donovan Korach Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa 1
#9 Justin Green 1
#9 Candice English 1
#9 John Milne Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#9 John Sutton Xplore Technologies 1
#9 Shawn Wooten University Of Alaska Anchorage 1
#9 Kenneth Wayne Bodge 1
#9 Antonelli T. Aron 1
#9 Martin Mlacnik 1
#9 Drew Byers 1
#9 Dimitri Shein Unknown 1
#9 Jose Cazares 1
#9 William Brickwell 1
#9 Jianbing Wu Altum View Systems 1
#9 Ningning Wang IBM 1
#9 Steven T. JACKSON Illinois Tool Works 1
#9 Graham Alvord 1
#9 Wesley Wade Burgess Samtech 1
#9 Scott Stender 1
#9 Anthony J. Paris University Of Alaska Anchorage 1
#9 John A. Lund University Of Alaska Anchorage 1
#9 Row J. Zadeh Array Telecom 1
#9 Lamar L. Gantt 1
#9 Anthony James Makar 1
#9 Ray Alan Spangler 1
#9 Ioana Fleming Medtronic 1
#9 Jessica O. Houston 1
#9 Silas Wong 1
#9 Brian Horner Honeywell 1
#9 J. Dana Pruhs 1
#9 Paul Harren University Of Alaska Anchorage 1
#9 Robert C. Ring 1
#9 Todd Petersen Unknown 1
#9 Carl Diller Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#9 Christopher McIntyre Sequana Medical Nv 1
#9 Allen Ream Caltech 1
#9 Rodney Pittman Unknown 1
#9 Roy Longacre 1

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