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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vail, AZ ranks #1,215 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 126 patents from 40 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vail, AZ include IBM, Texas Instruments, Sion Power. That works out to 9.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–40 of 40 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory E. McBride IBM 26
2 Christopher B. Moore IBM 16
3 Joseph W. Dain IBM 13
#4 David H. F. Harper IBM 9
#5 Jason L. Peipelman IBM 5
#6 Dimitar T. Trifonov Texas Instruments 4
#6 Igor P. Kovalev Sion Power 4
#6 Wayne Y. Lee RTX (Raytheon) 4
#6 Howard N. Martin IBM 4
#10 Jennifer S. Shioya IBM 3
#10 Preston A. Carpenter IBM 3
#10 Kyle B. Dudgeon IBM 3
#13 Blaine K. Boule RTX (Raytheon) 2
#13 Emerald J. Adair RTX (Raytheon) 2
#13 Chona Agtual 2
#13 Leo Pedlow Sony 2
#17 Angel E. Delgado IBM 1
#17 Michael G. Sisco IBM 1
#17 Matthew E. Brooks IBM 1
#17 Randall S. Christensen 1
#17 George G. Zamora IBM 1
#17 David P. Knawa The Boeing 1
#17 Robyn Jimenez RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Darrell Christopher Clarke IBM 1
#17 Anthony R. Vulcano RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Michael P. Groover IBM 1
#17 Shawn M. Bramblett IBM 1
#17 Errol J. Calder IBM 1
#17 Nathan Henderson 3Com 1
#17 David D. Staggers RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Sergio A. Pizarro RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Alan Dash IBM 1
#17 John O. Crawford RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Christopher E. Pentland RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 Vonn L. Holyoak RTX (Raytheon) 1
#17 John Joseph Christopher Kopera Sion Power 1
#17 Jorge D. Acuna IBM 1
#17 Larry P. Hatch 1
#17 Sarah Lyons AT&T 1
#17 Brian Jeffrey Mueller Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Limited 1

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