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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, OR ranks #1,732 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 71 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, OR include Monsanto Technology, State Farm, Qualcomm. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jennifer L. Yates Monsanto Technology 19
2 Scott T. Christensen State Farm 8
3 Daniel S. Abplanalp Qualcomm 4
#4 Marcus Ward Nike 3
#4 Stephen Gray Resmed Pty 3
#6 Duwayne R. Anderson Tektronix 2
#6 Jesus Gonzalez Forschungszentrum Jülich Gmbh 2
#6 Kelley A. Moore Xerox 2
#9 Emmett Griffith 1
#9 Gerald Chu Microsoft 1
#9 C. Craig Wojcik AMD 1
#9 Philip A. Greene Applied Materials 1
#9 Eric Talbot Rhodia Operations 1
#9 Michael W. Delk 1
#9 Damien Slevin Lam Research 1
#9 Paul D. Jablonski U.S. Department Of Energy 1
#9 Jeffrey A. Hawk U.S. Department Of Energy 1
#9 James R. Owen HP 1
#9 Ross Kruse Seiko Epson 1
#9 Phillip H. Salvatori Infocus 1
#9 James Young 1
#9 Ashley A. Gilmore 1
#9 Thomas S. Ohnstad High Impact Technology 1
#9 Sarah Kirk Oregon Health & Science University 1
#9 Ed Fischer Cadence Design Systems 1
#9 Russell A. Monk High Impact Technology 1
#9 Robert Lusardi The Boeing 1
#9 Charles Mills 1
#9 Robert Williams Microsoft 1
#9 Anatolie Hobet Lkc Technologies 1
#9 Randy Springer 1
#9 Matt Torres Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1
#9 Rigoberto Pineda Monrovia Nursery 1
#9 Ngoc Thanh Nguyen Vadient Optics 1
#9 Larry Keith Entek Manufacturing 1
#9 Sven E. Svenson 1

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