Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, WA ranks #1,158 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 110 patents from 43 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, WA include Amazon, Microsoft, Acucela. That works out to 5.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–43 of 43 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael David Marr Amazon 39
2 Donald A. Barnett Microsoft 6
3 Ian L. Scott Acucela 5
#4 Quetzalcoatl Bradley Microsoft 4
#4 Scott A. Konersmann Microsoft 4
#6 Karsten Aagaard Microsoft 3
#6 Nils Peter Joachim Hansson IBM 3
#6 Christopher A. Hays Microsoft 3
#6 Jack E. Freelander Microsoft 3
#10 Nitin Deshmukh AMD 2
#10 Bryan L. Sparrowhawk Leviton Manufacturing Co. 2
#10 Todd L. Carpenter Microsoft 2
#10 Jeremy Knudsen Microsoft 2
#10 Keith Deacon Amazon 2
#10 Stephan J. Favilla The Boeing 2
#16 Michael J. Conrad Microsoft 1
#16 Christopher Pearce Physio-Control 1
#16 Michael R. Turner IBM 1
#16 Dean Justus Microsoft 1
#16 Michael Farnsworth Microsoft 1
#16 Graham Edward Fagg Microsoft 1
#16 Kamal Siegel 1
#16 Tibor A. Koncz The Boeing 1
#16 William Coan AT&T 1
#16 Sharon C. Eaglestone Honeywell 1
#16 Randy Chong Hitachi 1
#16 Jedd Perry Microsoft 1
#16 Daniel L. M. Munro Precor Incorporated 1
#16 Kevin Clinger Honeywell 1
#16 Michael Everett Crative 1
#16 Steven R. Steinert Microsoft 1
#16 Michael K. Liptack Microsoft 1
#16 Denise Maxine Hoekstra Micron 1
#16 Shawn Paul Snell The Boeing 1
#16 William Coan Cingular Wireless Ii 1
#16 James Shipley Ormco 1
#16 Kevin Cassady Viavi Solutions 1
#16 Michael J. Myhre Rockwilli Rmr 1
#16 Richard L. Hughes Microsoft 1
#16 Michael D. Lubrecht Microsoft 1
#16 James D. Larson 1
#16 Bruce Lowe Citrix Systems 1
#16 Timothy Mark Edward Bollefer Amazon 1

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