Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pullman, WA ranks #1,668 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 77 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pullman, WA include Lam Research, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Intel. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Colin F. Smith Lam Research 4
2 David E. Whitehead Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
2 Marcos A. Donolo Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
2 Charles DeChenne Intel 3
2 Benno Mohr Mohr And Associates 3
2 Travis C. Mallett Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#7 Deuk Hyoun Heo Washington State University 2
#7 Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Edmund O. Schweitzer, III Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Partha Pande Washington State University 2
#7 Ritesh Kale Intel 2
#7 Shankar V. Achanta Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Yong Wang Archer-Daniels-Midland 2
#7 Armando Guzman-Casillas Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Uma Jayaram Intel 2
#7 Sai Krishna Raghupathula Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Josh Powers Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#7 Cornelius F. Ivory Washington State University 2
#19 Brian H. Clowers Washington State University 1
#19 Uttara Sahaym Washington State University 1
#19 Jared Kyle Bestebreur Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Juming Tang Washington State University 1
#19 Brett Emery Trabun Johnson Washington State University 1
#19 Riley Grant Huddleston Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Junming Sun Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#19 Barry Jakob Grussling Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Manuel Garcia-Perez Washington State University 1
#19 Herbert H. Hill, Jr. Twyford International 1
#19 Ann C. Kennedy USDA 1
#19 Lisa Orfe Washington State University 1
#19 Thoshitha Thanushka Gamage Washington State University 1
#19 Jonathan James Richards Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Susmita Bose Washington State University 1
#19 Gregary C. Zweigle Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Amit Bandyopadhyay Washington State University 1
#19 Jeromy Streets Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Reginaldo Bastos USDA 1
#19 David E. Bakken Genuity Group 1
#19 Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Tony J. Lee Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#19 Douglas R. Call Washington State University 1
#19 M. Grant Norton Washington State University 1
#19 Jianming Kang Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 1
#19 Keith Kopf 1
#19 Thomas D. Weir Penergy Solutions 1
#19 Shuangyi Bai Bayer Cropscience 1
#19 Donald Wall Battelle Memorial Institute 1
#19 Matthew Douglas McCluskey Washington State University 1
#19 Erik Zdanowicz North Carolina State University 1
#19 Clifford Berkman Cancer Targeted Technology 1

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