Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Eugene, OR ranks #643 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 206 patents from 125 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Eugene, OR include Pacific Biosciences Of California, Fall Creek Farm And Nursery, Cisco. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 125 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen Turner Pacific Biosciences Of California 10
2 Adam L. Wagner Fall Creek Farm And Nursery 8
3 Gregory J. Shepherd Cisco 6
3 Zheng Tao Han Biosuccess Biotech Co. 6
#5 David Van Wie Sococo 5
#6 Michael Ward Thermo Fisher 4
#6 Stephen Yue Thermo Fisher 4
#6 WenLiang Gao Datalogic Usa 4
#6 Jamie M. Sullivan Kla-Tencor 4
#6 Zakary James Borg Oregon Precision Industries 4
#11 Hee Chol Kang Thermo Fisher 3
#11 Jerry Wiant Nike 3
#11 Shih-Jung Huang Thermo Fisher 3
#11 Michael M. Haley University Of Oregon 3
#11 Joseph Altmaier Sococo 3
#11 H. Michael Shepard Halozyme 3
#11 John G. McDonald American Express 3
#18 Mark Douglas Frohnmayer Arcimoto 2
#18 Joseph Beechem Nanostring Technologies 2
#18 David Hagen Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Aimei Chen Thermo Fisher 2
#18 T. Daniel Sikes Aquero Company 2
#18 Aleksey Rukavishnikov Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Ryan Thompson Datalogic Usa 2
#18 Dennis Allen Van Wyk 2
#18 James Lambert Hayes Lemmerz International 2
#18 Ronald A. Hellekson HP 2
#18 Mark Packer Eyenovia 2
#18 Daniel Beacham Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Eric Welch Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Vladimir Martin Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Brian Agnew Thermo Fisher 2
#18 C. Steven Sikes University Of South Alabama 2
#18 Darren W. Johnson University Of Oregon 2
#18 John Mauro Thermo Fisher 2
#18 Alexander M. McQueen Datalogic Adc 2
#18 Elena Molokanova University of California 2
#18 John F. W. Keana State Of Oregon, Acting By And Through The Oregon State Board Of Higher Education, Acting For And On Behalf Of The Oregon Health Sciences University And The University Of Oregon 2
#18 Jason Dallwig Thermo Fisher 2
#40 Jeff Engle University Of Oregon 1
#40 Bryan L. Olmstead Datalogic Adc 1
#40 Robert Aggeler Thermo Fisher 1
#40 Sudip Chowdhury The Willamette Valley Company 1
#40 Timothy Holmes Color Kinetics Incorporated 1
#40 Robert E. Guldberg Georgia Tech Research 1
#40 David Bussian Pattern Bioscience 1
#40 Robert W. Rudeen Psc Scanning 1
#40 Pamela D. Kinion 1
#40 Stewart L. Mones 1
#40 James M. Hill Hughes Electronics Limited 1

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