Springfield, OR ranks #4,193 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 26 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, OR include Thermo Fisher, Pulse Health, Delta Design. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Gee | Thermo Fisher | 6 |
| 2 | Gerald Thomas | Pulse Health | 2 |
| 2 | Byron S. Petersen | Delta Design | 2 |
| 2 | Richard Wendell Hiatt | — | 2 |
| 2 | Jacob Goodwin | The Willamette Valley Company | 2 |
| #6 | Ronald J. Sprainis | Wabtec Holding | 1 |
| #6 | Emerson Biehl | — | 1 |
| #6 | Nicholas E. Walker | Visualant | 1 |
| #6 | Gayle Buller | Thermo Fisher | 1 |
| #6 | Michael D. Swanson | IBM | 1 |
| #6 | Matthias K. Crandall | — | 1 |
| #6 | Gregory A. Shaver | Rakuten Group | 1 |
| #6 | Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr. | Oregon Precision Industries | 1 |
| #6 | Fred W. Whitsell | — | 1 |
| #6 | Jimmy W. Barr | — | 1 |
| #6 | Evan Miller | Netapp | 1 |
| #6 | Nicholas C. Obteshka | Bowtech | 1 |
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