Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tempe, AZ ranks #237 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 515 patents from 304 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tempe, AZ include Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University, Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited, Intel. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 304 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jian Li Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 15
2 Jia-Wei Ding Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited 12
3 Kshitij A. Doshi Intel 11
#4 Xinjian Lei Versum Materials Us 9
#5 Firas Kittaneh Oclu Limited 8
#6 Kemal Aygun Intel 7
#6 Stephen Johnston Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 7
#8 Hang T. Nguyen Intel 6
#8 Balaji Padmanabhan onsemi 6
#8 Richard R. King The Boeing 6
#8 Neil O. Shotton Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide 6
#8 Deanna Pinar Chase Honeywell 6
#13 Manchao Xiao Versum Materials Us 5
#13 Qiang Shen Qualcomm 5
#13 Chia-Pin Chiu Intel 5
#13 Jason Swanson Evolve Technologies 5
#17 Mrittika Ganguli Intel 4
#17 Jordan Cluster Edge 3 Technologies 4
#17 Neal Woodbury Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 4
#17 Timothy L. Youtsey Pct International 4
#17 Gary H. Loechelt onsemi 4
#17 Malak Fouad Malak Honeywell 4
#17 Michael Harris, Jr. State Farm 4
#24 Michael Fong Ppip 3
#24 David C. Burdeaux Freeescale Semiconductor 3
#24 Raymond Nicholas Vrtis Air Products And Chemicals 3
#24 Manikandadas Mathilakathu Madathil Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#24 Qinghua Yin Sdcmaterials 3
#24 Madan Mohan Reddy Vemula Nxp B.V. 3
#24 Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach Goodrich 3
#24 Andreas Spanias Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#24 Jacob L. Swett Lockheed Martin 3
#24 Jianheng Li Versum Materials Us 3
#24 Igor Wojewoda Microchip Technology Incorporated 3
#24 David A. Bosen NVIDIA 3
#24 Ernest C. Garcia, III Carvana 3
#24 Derek Michael Underhill The Noco 3
#24 Seth Abraham Intel 3
#24 Melvin Mathew Millenium Synthfuels 3
#24 Valeriy Domenyuk Caris Science 3
#41 Gregg A. Hollingsworth Spl Industries Usa 2
#41 Austin Wilson Meta 2
#41 Joseph Del Rossi Vomaris Innovations 2
#41 Vincent Sheard Microchip Technology Incorporated 2
#41 Christopher Michael Adams Cubic Tech 2
#41 Ricardo Uscola Nxp Usa 2
#41 Scott Wall Live Nation Entertainment 2
#41 R. Frank O'Bleness Disney 2
#41 Daniel Allen Bonvi Water 2
#41 Tara Yousefi Amazon 2

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