Oregon ranks #14 among US states for total patents filed in 2019, with 11,368 patents from 4,620 inventors across 138 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Oregon 2019
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Portland, OR | 5,510 | 1,929 |
| #2 | Beaverton, OR | 1,367 | 528 |
| #3 | Hillsboro, OR | 1,122 | 521 |
| #4 | Corvallis, OR | 700 | 259 |
| #5 | Lake Oswego, OR | 322 | 132 |
| #6 | Tigard, OR | 234 | 105 |
| #7 | Eugene, OR | 204 | 125 |
| #8 | West Linn, OR | 193 | 76 |
| #9 | Bend, OR | 166 | 106 |
| #10 | Tualatin, OR | 126 | 59 |
| #11 | Sherwood, OR | 104 | 54 |
| #12 | Salem, OR | 95 | 31 |
| #13 | North Plains, OR | 86 | 25 |
| #14 | Wilsonville, OR | 83 | 47 |
| #15 | Albany, OR | 77 | 41 |
| #16 | Oregon City, OR | 64 | 33 |
| #17 | Newberg, OR | 60 | 39 |
| #18 | Forest Grove, OR | 54 | 32 |
| #19 | Gresham, OR | 53 | 16 |
| #20 | Milwaukie, OR | 44 | 30 |
| #21 | Happy Valley, OR | 35 | 19 |
| #22 | Klamath Falls, OR | 26 | 7 |
| #23 | Ashland, OR | 25 | 17 |
| #24 | Redmond, OR | 23 | 10 |
| #25 | King City, OR | 23 | 5 |
Top Inventors in Oregon 2019
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai-Li Jiang | Corvallis | Foxconn | 67 |
| 2 | Robert J. Stacey | Portland | Intel | 48 |
| 3 | Carlos Cordeiro | Portland | Intel | 46 |
| #4 | Ned M. Smith | Beaverton | Intel | 44 |
| #5 | Scott T. Christensen | Salem | State Farm | 39 |
| #5 | Gang Xiong | Portland | Apple | 39 |
| #5 | Chien-Hua Chen | Corvallis | HP | 39 |
| #8 | Jack T. Kavalieros | Portland | Intel | 37 |
| #8 | Tahir Ghani | Portland | Intel | 37 |
| #8 | Michael W. Cumbie | Corvallis | HP | 37 |
| #11 | Robert S. Chau | Beaverton | Intel | 34 |
| #11 | Ravi Pillarisetty | Portland | Intel | 34 |
| #11 | Jessica Small | Portland | Nike | 34 |
| #14 | Willy Rachmady | Beaverton | Intel | 30 |
| #14 | Glen J. Anderson | Beaverton | Intel | 30 |
| #16 | Dae Won Lee | Portland | LG | 29 |
| #17 | Vianney de Montgolfier | Portland | Nike | 28 |
| #17 | Marko Radosavljevic | Portland | Intel | 28 |
| #17 | Raymond Sepulveda | Portland | Apple | 28 |
| #17 | Gilbert Dewey | Beaverton | Intel | 28 |
| #21 | Ravi L. Sahita | Portland | Intel | 27 |
| #21 | Rajesh Poornachandran | Portland | Intel | 27 |
| #23 | Mohan J. Kumar | Beaverton | Intel | 26 |
| #24 | Matthew V. Metz | Portland | Intel | 25 |
| #25 | Martin G. Dixon | Portland | Intel | 24 |