Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Reno, NV ranks #184 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 630 patents from 289 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Reno, NV include Amazon, Igt, Bally Gaming. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 289 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vlad Vendrow Amazon 24
2 Steven G. LeMay Igt 19
3 Robert A. Luciano, Jr. Bally Gaming 16
#4 Binh T. Nguyen Igt 12
#4 Bryan D. Wolf Igt 12
#6 Matthew C. Miller Johnson & Johnson 11
#7 Michael A. Kerr Nexrf 10
#8 Warren R. White Bally Gaming 9
#8 Ryan Cuddy Igt 9
#10 Daniel J. De Waal Igt 8
#10 Erik Petersen Igt 8
#10 Paulina Rodgers Igt 8
#10 Douglas Michael Ackermann Oculeve 8
#14 Gregory Fischvogt Covidien Lp 7
#14 William K. Hughes Igt 7
#14 Rajeev Rohatgi Global Oled Technology 7
#14 Mark L. Mathis Pneumrx 7
#18 Pengfei Sun Samsung 6
#18 Benjamin C. Hoffman Igt 6
#20 Ali Saffari Igt 5
#20 Christmas C. Parker Igt 5
#20 Andrew J. Cleveland Server Technology 5
#20 David R. Lark Igt 5
#20 Christopher R. Reed Xicato 5
#20 Michael Schaller Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology 5
#20 Kevin Higgins Igt 5
#20 James Dempster Hzo 5
#20 Luke W. Clauson Cardica 5
#20 Carrel W. Ewing Server Technology 5
#20 Kelsy J. Grace Igt 5
#31 Bill Ghiglieri Lsp Products Group 4
#31 Frederick G. Nesemeier Fit Intuition 4
#31 Michael P. Casey Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 4
#31 David A. Miceli Tri State Distribution 4
#31 Ryan Ruppert Bally Gaming 4
#31 John Othniel McDonald Silego Technology 4
#31 Nicole M. Beaulieu Igt 4
#38 Joseph R. Hedrick Igt 3
#38 Michael P. Khamis Igt 3
#38 William George Orinski 3
#38 Michael T. Garamendi Igt 3
#38 Dwayne A. Davis Igt 3
#38 Dorothy P. Cheung Igt 3
#38 Mark Ramsey Server Technology 3
#38 Lawrence Luciano Edge Medical Properties 3
#38 Robert F. Bigelow, Jr. Igt 3
#38 Joseph R. Hedrick Sg Gaming 3
#38 Damien C. Ennis Igt 3
#38 Reid M. Weber Igt 3
#38 Jesse Rodrigue 3

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