Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lake Oswego, OR ranks #457 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 271 patents from 130 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lake Oswego, OR include Digimarc, Nike, Intel. That works out to 6.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 130 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bruce L. Davis Digimarc 16
2 Vanessa L. Borovicka Nike 14
3 Alastair M. Reed Digimarc 11
#4 Tobie D. Hatfield Nike 9
#5 Eric P. Avar Nike 7
#5 Michael A. Goldsmith Intel 7
#7 Wu-Tung Cheng Mentor Graphics 6
#8 Robert D. Brown Rockwell Collins 5
#8 Been-Yih Jin Intel 5
#10 Jeffrey A. Von Arx Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#10 John Hurd Nike 4
#10 Dan Meyer Kranos Ip 4
#10 Zhian He Novellus Systems 4
#10 Farid Adrangi Intel 4
#10 Mark Pontarelli Intel 4
#10 Charles W. Case, Jr. Nike 4
#17 Erez Morag Nike 3
#17 Nadia M. Rahhal-Orabi Intel 3
#17 Nattapon Chaimanonart Ultra 3
#17 Michael Patrick Rodgers Oracle 3
#17 Dennis M. Hausmann Lam Research 3
#17 Stephen Yu-Hong Lau Novellus Systems 3
#17 Bruce J. Kilgore Nike 3
#17 Gregory A. Martin Tektronix 3
#17 Michael A. Aveni Nike 3
#17 Peter M. Fogg Nike 3
#17 Zhong-Ning Cai Intel 3
#28 Jeff Klein Lincoln Global 2
#28 Michael B. Meinhardt Xerox 2
#28 George W. Cox Intel 2
#28 David J. Hinrichs Oregon Health & Science University 2
#28 Michael Rode Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 2
#28 Steven F. Smith Nike 2
#28 Robert K. Scofield Chinook Asia 2
#28 Matthew A. Nurse Nike 2
#28 Donald M. Conklin Esco Group 2
#28 Jason P. Martin Nike 2
#28 George Thomas Novartis Ag 2
#28 Edmund L. Wolak Jds Uniphase 2
#28 Seshasayee Varadarajan Novellus Systems 2
#28 Fawaz Alhumaid 2
#28 Sesha Varadarajan Novellus Systems 2
#28 Richard A. Booman Tektronix 2
#28 Muawya M. Al-Otoom Apple 2
#28 Richard C. Cabot Audio Precision 2
#28 Braxton Lathrop Welch Allyn 2
#28 Bruce Ellison Flir Systems 2
#28 Brooke P. Rapf Nike 2
#28 Paul L. Pfaff AT&T 2
#28 Khalil A. Jabr Cisco 2

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