Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vail, AZ ranks #1,044 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 127 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vail, AZ include IBM, Salutaris Medical Devices, Sony. That works out to 9.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory E. McBride IBM 22
2 Jason L. Peipelman IBM 17
3 Christopher B. Moore IBM 12
#4 Ryan L. Lohrenz Salutaris Medical Devices 5
#4 Joseph W. Dain IBM 5
#6 David H. F. Harper IBM 4
#6 Leo Pedlow Sony 4
#8 Michael G. Sisco IBM 3
#8 David G. Derrick RTX (Raytheon) 3
#8 Howard N. Martin IBM 3
#8 Kyle B. Dudgeon IBM 3
#8 Preston A. Carpenter IBM 3
#13 Meterio Micheal Lonsway 2
#13 Brian A. Gin RTX (Raytheon) 2
#13 Jorge D. Acuna IBM 2
#13 Matthew S. Prucinsky Rain Bird 2
#13 John O. Crawford RTX (Raytheon) 2
#13 Matthew E. Brooks IBM 2
#13 Michael P. Groover IBM 2
#13 Angel E. Delgado IBM 2
#13 Emile M. Szlemko RTX (Raytheon) 2
#13 Christopher D. Nicholas Language Technologies 2
#13 Khang N. Nguyen IBM 2
#24 Nathan Henderson 3Com 1
#24 Igor P. Kovalev Sion Power 1
#24 Michael J. Millius Rain Bird 1
#24 Timothy Shriver Salutaris Medical Devices 1
#24 Raymond Joseph Ochotorena, Jr. Texas Instruments 1
#24 Jennifer S. Shioya IBM 1
#24 Colton L. Noble RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Ryan J. Wisniewski IBM 1
#24 Daniel V. Macinnis RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Wayne Y. Lee RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Thomas William Morin Paragon Space Development 1
#24 Jerry L. Schlabach RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Dimitar T. Trifonov Texas Instruments 1
#24 James P. McNiven Kla-Tencor 1
#24 Michael P. Copeland IBM 1
#24 Michael R. Beylor RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Jeremy Tepper 1
#24 George G. Zamora IBM 1
#24 Bradley O. Hansen RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Anthony R. Vulcano RTX (Raytheon) 1
#24 Steven M. Kern IBM 1

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