Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bend, OR ranks #928 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 166 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bend, OR include Proxense, Helen Of Troy Limited, Bend Reserch. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 106 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John J. Giobbi Proxense 8
2 Martin Mutch Helen Of Troy Limited 6
3 Dwayne T. Friesen Bend Reserch 5
3 Christopher A. Miksovsky Humangear 5
#5 John Belsick Qorvo Us 4
#5 Theodore P. Bertele Uncinate Joint 4
#5 Matthew Ryder Qorvo Us 4
#5 John Michael Fife Enel X North America 4
#9 Rick Morton Qorvo Us 3
#9 Adam S. Carroll Nike 3
#9 Daniel J. OURADA Worldpay 3
#9 David J. Edlund Idatech 3
#9 Steven Edward Walterscheid Fsd 3
#9 James M. Mullin Nike 3
#9 John M. Schmitt Nike 3
#9 Matthew Alan Townsend Amazon 3
#17 Kevin McCarron Qorvo Us 2
#17 Frank Groves The Oilgear 2
#17 Stephen C. Geist Edwards Lifesciences 2
#17 Kim Porter Henneman Echonous 2
#17 Ramiro Reyes Aegea Medical 2
#17 Roberto Aiello Pulselink 2
#17 Andrew F. Smith Outrider Technologies 2
#17 Aaron K. Goodwin Nike 2
#17 Roderick J. Ray Bend Reserch 2
#17 Warren K. Miller Bend Reserch 2
#17 Ryan James Diener Helen Of Troy Limited 2
#17 Ralph Nauman Environ-Metal 2
#29 Jesse Boswell 1
#29 Daniel T. Smithey Bend Reserch 1
#29 Douglas L. Millard Bend Reserch 1
#29 Wesley Alan Steen Helen Of Troy Limited 1
#29 David Keith Lyon Bend Reserch 1
#29 Adam S. Carroll Bend Reserch 1
#29 Kevin McCarthy 3M 1
#29 Justin W. Taylor Seescan 1
#29 Jeff Hazel Nike 1
#29 Brian Fosse Lalabu 1
#29 Jeffrey Doering Oracle 1
#29 Scott R. Jacobson 1
#29 Ronald A. Beyerinck Bend Reserch 1
#29 James V. Henson Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 1
#29 Matthew J. Taschner Juul Labs 1
#29 Curtis Scott Swanson 1
#29 Patricia Andres Dermira 1
#29 Walter C. Babcock Bend Reserch 1
#29 Benjamin H. T. Hrbek 1
#29 Dale Martin Neubauer Blue Moon Designs 1
#29 Douglas Alan Lorenz Bend Reserch 1
#29 Robert A. Zschoche Unknown 1

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