Prescott, AZ ranks #3,583 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 30 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Prescott, AZ include Kim Lighting, NVIDIA, Zuvo Water. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne W. Compton | Kim Lighting | 4 |
| 2 | Robert Lloyd Waterfield | NVIDIA | 2 |
| 2 | Leroy James Sullivan | NVIDIA | 2 |
| 2 | Catherine Chiarelli | — | 2 |
| 2 | John W. Kieckhefer | — | 2 |
| 2 | Rolf Engelhard | Zuvo Water | 2 |
| 2 | Joseph J. Zajk | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2 |
| #8 | Willam F. BARHAM | Firestone Building Products Company | 1 |
| #8 | Edward A. Wilson | American Electronic Sign | 1 |
| #8 | Paul Peterson | Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited | 1 |
| #8 | Frederick S. Thatcher | Unknown | 1 |
| #8 | Joseph Allen | Starlite Media | 1 |
| #8 | Alan H. Ostrowski | NVIDIA | 1 |
| #8 | Tom N. Cornsweet | Pulse Medical Instruments | 1 |
| #8 | Sue Knaup | — | 1 |
| #8 | Hyunjung Samuel Eyssautier | NVIDIA | 1 |
| #8 | Andrew M. Denis | Caterpillar | 1 |
| #8 | James McGarry | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 1 |
| #8 | Justin R. Gigliotto | Edge 3 Technologies | 1 |
| #8 | Michael J. Spencer | West Virginia University | 1 |
| #8 | Michael J. Roden | Professional Chemicals | 1 |
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