Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #277 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 430 patents from 209 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, onsemi, Soitec. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 209 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 39
2 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 21
3 Chantal Arena Soitec 9
#4 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 8
#4 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 8
#4 Brad Oraw Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide 8
#7 Johnathan J. Heiner Jst Performance 7
#7 Kevin D. Howard Massively Parallel Technologies 7
#7 Stephen P. Adams Jst Performance 7
#10 Ali Salih onsemi 6
#10 Richard Rudow Trimble 6
#10 Kennieth Neal Neal Technologies 6
#13 Vamsi K. Paruchuri IBM 5
#13 Dane Joseph Dukat 5
#13 Daniel N. Koury, Jr. Motorola 5
#13 Francis J. Carney onsemi 5
#13 James Walls Microchip Technology Incorporated 5
#18 Nahid Islam Andrew 4
#18 Stefano J. Noto Comcast 4
#18 Jared A. Hare Addictive Desert Designs 4
#21 David A. Ruben Medtronic 3
#21 Mark Leslie Tarter The Hillman Group 3
#21 Paul T. Wingett Honeywell 3
#21 Robert A. Hoeffer, III Comcast 3
#21 Paul D. Coppinger Apriva 3
#21 James E. Holmes Edge 3 Technologies 3
#21 Christian D. Gerchak Igt 3
#21 Roland Joseph Downs Cubic Tech 3
#21 Mark A. Hanchett Axon Enterprise 3
#21 Hongjiang Song Intel 3
#21 Jean-Philippe Debray Soitec 3
#21 Paul Jaeger Guided Therapy Systems 3
#21 Travis J. Miller National Oilwell Varco 3
#21 Stephen J. Hsu Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 3
#21 Carlos Davito 3
#21 Eduard Jan Pabst Freeescale Semiconductor 3
#21 Kenneth G. Kingery Adp 3
#38 Josef C. Drobnik Intel 2
#38 James Shaker Illum Horticulture 2
#38 John S. Sadowsky Intel 2
#38 Ryan R. Jones Sandisk Technologies 2
#38 Jonathan David Miller Amgine Technologies (Us) 2
#38 Jennifer Smith Irobot 2
#38 Joan K. Vrtis Multek Technologies Limited 2
#38 Shuguang Deng Arrowhead Center 2
#38 Ronald Thomas Bertram, JR. Soitec 2
#38 Trevor M. Newlin Silanna Asia Pte 2
#38 Daniel C. Crites Honeywell 2
#38 Robert A. Pryor Freeescale Semiconductor 2
#38 David L. Beaty 2

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