Oregon ranks #14 among US states for total patents filed in 2018, with 9,627 patents from 4,132 inventors across 132 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Oregon 2018
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Portland, OR | 4,502 | 1,708 |
| #2 | Beaverton, OR | 1,198 | 474 |
| #3 | Hillsboro, OR | 985 | 454 |
| #4 | Corvallis, OR | 519 | 210 |
| #5 | Lake Oswego, OR | 284 | 144 |
| #6 | West Linn, OR | 226 | 70 |
| #7 | Eugene, OR | 206 | 125 |
| #8 | Tigard, OR | 188 | 93 |
| #9 | Bend, OR | 151 | 95 |
| #10 | Sherwood, OR | 120 | 57 |
| #11 | Tualatin, OR | 84 | 40 |
| #12 | Salem, OR | 83 | 36 |
| #13 | Albany, OR | 80 | 43 |
| #14 | Wilsonville, OR | 76 | 49 |
| #15 | Newberg, OR | 73 | 42 |
| #16 | North Plains, OR | 60 | 28 |
| #17 | Forest Grove, OR | 48 | 24 |
| #18 | Oregon City, OR | 47 | 27 |
| #19 | Gresham, OR | 38 | 11 |
| #20 | Klamath Falls, OR | 34 | 10 |
| #21 | Medford, OR | 33 | 20 |
| #22 | Happy Valley, OR | 30 | 21 |
| #23 | Milwaukie, OR | 29 | 18 |
| #24 | Ashland, OR | 28 | 18 |
| #25 | Madras, OR | 25 | 11 |
Top Inventors in Oregon 2018
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ned M. Smith | Beaverton | Intel | 52 |
| 2 | Robert J. Stacey | Portland | Intel | 47 |
| 3 | Carlos Cordeiro | Portland | Intel | 45 |
| #4 | Kai-Li Jiang | Corvallis | Foxconn | 36 |
| #4 | Dae Won Lee | Portland | LG | 36 |
| #6 | Xiaogang Chen | Portland | Intel | 35 |
| #7 | Glen J. Anderson | Beaverton | Intel | 33 |
| #8 | Thomas J. Kenney | Portland | Intel | 32 |
| #9 | David Jonathan Cin | Portland | Nike | 28 |
| #10 | Rajesh Poornachandran | Portland | Intel | 24 |
| #11 | Rita H. Wouhaybi | Portland | Intel | 22 |
| #11 | Tiffany A. Beers | Portland | Nike | 22 |
| #11 | Robert S. Chau | Beaverton | Intel | 22 |
| #11 | Marko Radosavljevic | Portland | Intel | 22 |
| #11 | Ravi Pillarisetty | Portland | Intel | 22 |
| #11 | Bret L. Toll | Hillsboro | Intel | 22 |
| #11 | Jason G. Petrie | Portland | Nike | 22 |
| #11 | Jeffrey P. Gambino | Gresham | IBM | 22 |
| #11 | Jack T. Kavalieros | Portland | Intel | 22 |
| #20 | Adrien LaVoie | Newberg | Lam Research | 21 |
| #20 | Scott T. Christensen | Salem | State Farm | 21 |
| #20 | Gang Xiong | Portland | Apple | 21 |
| #20 | Rath Vannithamby | Portland | Intel | 21 |
| #24 | Tobias M. Kohlenberg | Portland | Intel | 20 |
| #25 | Anand S. Murthy | Portland | Intel | 19 |