Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 414 patents from 214 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, onsemi, The Hillman Group. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 214 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 24
2 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 14
3 Francis J. Carney onsemi 9
#4 Jordan D. Shoenhair The Hillman Group 8
#4 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 8
#4 Ali Salih onsemi 8
#7 David A. Ruben Medtronic 7
#8 Edwin Balder Healthier Choices Management 6
#8 Jason Thomas Hubbell Incorporated 6
#8 Kennieth Neal Neal Technologies 6
#8 Stephen P. Adams Jst Performance 6
#8 Richard B. Fox Honeywell 6
#13 Edgar A. Madril Jst Performance 5
#13 Vijay K. Nair Intel 5
#13 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 5
#13 Jeremy Ellis Videojet Technologies 5
#17 Kevin D. Howard Massively Parallel Technologies 4
#17 Trevor M. Newlin Silanna Asia Pte 4
#17 Mark Leslie Tarter The Hillman Group 4
#17 Zhi-Qiang Zhu Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 4
#17 Don Mittendorf Honeywell 4
#17 James P. Letterman, Jr. onsemi 4
#17 James Walls Microchip Technology Incorporated 4
#17 Joan K. Vrtis Multek Technologies Limited 4
#25 Brian Fall Vlsi Technology 3
#25 Justin Allen Cirrus Logic 3
#25 Scot Coffey Honeywell 3
#25 Jonathan David Miller Amgine Technologies (Us) 3
#25 Kenneth C. Booth Taymac 3
#25 Johnathan J. Heiner Jst Performance 3
#25 Luke Cizek Heliae Development 3
#25 Eric T. Boice Honeywell 3
#25 Andrew R. Davis Evenflo Company 3
#25 Nahid Islam Andrew 3
#25 James E. Smith IBM 3
#25 Larry Gene Corwin, Jr. Hanchett Entry Systems 3
#25 Jason G. DeStories The Boeing 3
#38 Christian D. Gerchak Igt 2
#38 Scott Klug Form Energy 2
#38 Roland Joseph Downs Cubic Tech 2
#38 Arthur A. Wilkes Illum Horticulture 2
#38 Scott L. Randall Bard Peripheral Vascular 2
#38 Jose Antonio Bautista-Martinez Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#38 Jason R. Ferguson Adtran 2
#38 James E. Holmes Edge 3 Technologies 2
#38 Bruce C. Towe Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#38 Richard Rudow Trimble 2
#38 Richard Clarence Bludorn 2
#38 Arthur W. Stillwell IBM 2
#38 Stephen J. Hsu Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 2

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