Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Phoenix, AZ ranks #72 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 1,300 patents from 625 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Phoenix, AZ include Mcalister Technologies, Sandisk Technologies, Applied Materials. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 625 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roy Edward McAlister Mcalister Technologies 27
2 Robert W. Ellis Sandisk Technologies 24
2 Ajay Kumar Applied Materials 24
#4 Thomas J. Kolze Broadcom 16
#4 Michael H. Slayton Guided Therapy Systems 16
#6 Peter G. Barthe Guided Therapy Systems 15
#6 Weng F. Yap Freeescale Semiconductor 15
#8 Evan K. Fram D.R. Systems 14
#9 Michael Meyer Ericsson 12
#9 Xiaojian Chen Karsten Manufacturing 12
#11 Martin R. Jertson Karsten Manufacturing 11
#12 Patrice M. Parris Freeescale Semiconductor 10
#12 Lakshminarayan Viswanathan Nxp Usa 10
#12 Marc C. Jacofsky Plasmology4 10
#12 Christopher P. Largent Jst Performance 10
#16 Mark C. Morris Honeywell 9
#16 Shankar Swaminathan Lam Research 9
#16 John C. Johnson Intel 9
#19 Kai Liu Realtek Semiconductor 8
#19 Shuo-Hsiu Hsu 8
#19 Eric James Shero Asm Ip Holding B.V. 8
#19 Robert L. Sankman Intel 8
#23 Martin Peter John Cornes Artesyn Embedded Computing 7
#23 Donald G. Godfrey Honeywell 7
#23 Tarek El Dokor Edge 3 Technologies 7
#23 Phillip Mather Everspin Technologies 7
#23 Sean Steedman Microchip Technology Incorporated 7
#23 David J. C. Austin David Austin Roses Limited 7
#23 Joseph Nutaro Honeywell 7
#30 Lawrence T. Clark Intel 6
#30 Jason E. Minyard IBM 6
#30 Jesus S. Gomez Lwrc International 6
#30 John M. Pigott Freeescale Semiconductor 6
#30 Eric V. Cole 6
#30 Ronald Patrick Huemoeller Amkor Technology 6
#30 Joseph M. Swingler IBM 6
#30 Ryan Bruce Karsten Manufacturing 6
#30 Mathew J. Manusharow Intel 6
#30 Kevin Gray Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 6
#40 Zachary Smith Invoy Holdings 5
#40 William J. Perciballi NVIDIA 5
#40 Brent D. Larson Honeywell 5
#40 Tony Serrano Karsten Manufacturing 5
#40 Michael Mahar Humana 5
#40 Paul R. Hart Freeescale Semiconductor 5
#40 Perry M. Spagnola Pearson Education 5
#40 Roger W. Burgin Honeywell 5
#40 Bruno J. Debeurre Freeescale Semiconductor 5
#40 Robert Wold Trimble 5
#40 Sidney Hecht Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 5

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