Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tempe, AZ ranks #292 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 410 patents from 234 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tempe, AZ include Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide, Intel, Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 234 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Neil O. Shotton Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide 10
2 Kemal Aygun Intel 9
2 Jian Li Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 9
#4 Edouard D. de Frésart Freeescale Semiconductor 8
#4 Chia-Pin Chiu Intel 8
#6 Randall C. Gray Motorola 7
#6 Xinjian Lei Versum Materials Us 7
#6 Zia Hossain onsemi 7
#9 Manchao Xiao Versum Materials Us 6
#9 Derek Michael Underhill The Noco 6
#9 Qinghua Yin Sdcmaterials 6
#12 Timothy L. Youtsey Pct International 5
#12 Kshitij A. Doshi Intel 5
#12 William J. Tyler Thync Global 5
#15 Balaji Padmanabhan onsemi 4
#15 Gary H. Loechelt onsemi 4
#15 Jae-sun Seo IBM 4
#15 Srivatsan Chellappa IBM 4
#15 Niranjan Kulkarni Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 4
#20 Katherine T. Blinick IBM 3
#20 Emad Youssef Gammatile 3
#20 Richard Alexander Erhart Synaptics Incorporated 3
#20 Yann LeFaou Microchip Technology Incorporated 3
#20 Suzanne Marye Wong Artesyn Embedded Computing 3
#20 Douglas G. Mitchell Freeescale Semiconductor 3
#20 Jordan Cluster Edge 3 Technologies 3
#20 James David Busch Enhanced Geographic 3
#20 David C. Burdeaux Freeescale Semiconductor 3
#20 Jong Koo Kim Nxp B.V. 3
#20 Audel A. Sanchez Nxp Usa 3
#20 Sonu Daryanani Microchip Technology Incorporated 3
#20 Neric Hsin-wu Fong Ppip 3
#20 Brian Paul Brock Endurance International Group 3
#20 Sushu Zhang Microsoft 3
#20 Zhong Huang 1294339 Ontario 3
#20 Mariam Hoseini Nxp Usa 3
#20 Christopher Michael Adams Cubic Tech 3
#20 Richard R. King The Boeing 3
#20 Carlin R. Covey Freeescale Semiconductor 3
#40 Valeriy Domenyuk Caris Science 2
#40 Alex Volosin Arizona State University 2
#40 Seth Abraham Intel 2
#40 Mohammad Nizam Kabir Freeescale Semiconductor 2
#40 Ricky Spillman, Jr. Unknown 2
#40 Tanner J. Leland Inspired Led 2
#40 Grant A. MacLennan Ctm Magnetics ,Inc 2
#40 Jared Marshall Brightcove 2
#40 Heather McFavilen Soitec 2
#40 Stephen Johnston Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#40 Jon Karl Weiss Tescan Brno S.R.O. 2

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