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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Covington, WA ranks #3,048 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 37 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Covington, WA include Microsoft, The Boeing, Amazon. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Gardner Microsoft 17
2 Louis J. Bailey The Boeing 6
3 Forrest MacKenzie Vines Amazon 2
3 Gregory William Robinson 2
3 James Hanson Amazon 2
#6 Arthur August Rugtvedt The Boeing 1
#6 Spencer Ralph Dodge Amazon 1
#6 Darren Stang Omax 1
#6 Justin D. Hollibaugh The Boeing 1
#6 Terrance L. Thomas The Boeing 1
#6 Edward White Fabric8Labs 1
#6 Tiana Tamara Townsell 1
#6 David A. Yingling American Piledriving Equipment 1

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