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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bend, OR ranks #617 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 204 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bend, OR include Proxense, Nike, Bend Reserch. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John J. Giobbi Proxense 8
2 James M. Mullin Nike 7
2 Dwayne T. Friesen Bend Reserch 7
#4 John M. Schmitt Nike 6
#4 David D. Newbold Bend Reserch 6
#4 Aaron K. Goodwin Nike 6
#7 Douglas L. Millard Bend Reserch 5
#7 Michael J. Merritt AT&T 5
#7 Adam S. Carroll Nike 5
#10 Walter C. Babcock Bend Reserch 4
#10 Christopher A. Miksovsky Humangear 4
#12 Mary C. Gamble 3
#12 Douglas Alan Lorenz Bend Reserch 3
#12 Andrew F. Smith Outrider Technologies 3
#12 Roderick J. Ray Bend Reserch 3
#12 Bryan D. Dervarics Secura-Seal Technologies 3
#12 Timothy Gorbold Steel Technology 3
#12 Brent W. Williams Williams-Pyro 3
#19 Paula M. Hicks Cargill, Incorporated 2
#19 Jeffrey Doering Oracle 2
#19 Douglas F. Barofsky State Of Oregon Acting By And Through The State Board Of Higher Ed. On Behalf Of Oregon State Univ. 2
#19 James A. S. Nightingale Bend Reserch 2
#19 Ronald A. Beyerinck Bend Reserch 2
#19 Coby P. Randquist Yellowpages.Com 2
#19 Warren K. Miller Bend Reserch 2
#19 James V. Henson Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 2
#19 Daniel T. Smithey Bend Reserch 2
#19 Patricia Andres Dermira 2
#19 Gregory Le Burge Supra Products 2
#19 Christopher J. Wright Weatherford/Lamb 2
#19 Ian S. Buckley General Motors 2
#19 Steven E. Sloop Hulico 2
#19 John M. Baumann Bend Reserch 2
#19 Daniel E. Dobry Bend Reserch 2
#19 Rodney James Ketner Bend Reserch 2
#19 James M. Mullin Bend Reserch 2
#19 Corey Bloom Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 2
#19 Douglas Wambaugh Certainteed Gypsum And Ceiling Manufacturing 2
#19 Leander Zickler Amo Development 2
#19 Dan Smithey Array Biopharma 2
#19 David Michael Carey Cummins 2
#19 Christopher Hagen 2
#19 Stephen C. Geist Edwards Lifesciences 2
#19 Timothy Smythe Certainteed Gypsum And Ceiling Manufacturing 2
#19 Matt Hoskins Tsi Manufacturing 2
#19 Devon B. DuBose Bend Reserch 2
#47 Justice John William Hoffman Jeld-Wen 1
#47 Marshall Crew Bend Reserch 1
#47 Patrick Jon Buresh Michelin 1
#47 Peter de Haan Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno 1

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