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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #344 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 439 patents from 238 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, onsemi, Guided Therapy Systems. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 238 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 19
2 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 18
3 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 10
#4 Daniel C. Crites Honeywell 9
#4 Thomas Afshari Project Phoenix 9
#6 Francis J. Carney onsemi 7
#6 David A. Ruben Medtronic 7
#8 Ali Salih onsemi 6
#8 Vijay K. Nair Intel 6
#8 Mark A. Hanchett Axon Enterprise 6
#8 Nathan C. Summers State Farm 6
#12 Rebecca A. Little State Farm 5
#12 Darren B. Remington Microsoft 5
#12 Michael Greenwald Arista Networks 5
#12 Eric T. Boice Honeywell 5
#16 Travis J. Miller National Oilwell Varco 4
#16 Elie A. Maalouf Nxp Usa 4
#16 Joshua King Edge 3 Technologies 4
#16 Kalluri R. Sarma Honeywell 4
#16 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 4
#16 Robert Thomas Borucki Ncr 4
#16 Russell P. Secor Evergreen Telemetry 4
#16 Thomas Trenga American Airlines 4
#16 Emil A. Kneer Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A. 4
#16 James P. Letterman, Jr. onsemi 4
#16 David W. Hughes Mcdonald, Withers & Hughes 4
#16 Edwin Balder Healthier Choices Management 4
#16 Timothy R. Ward Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#29 Trevor M. Newlin Silanna Asia Pte 3
#29 Akif O. Bolukbasi The Boeing 3
#29 Jason Thomas Hubbell Incorporated 3
#29 Michael T. DAY 8 Bit Development 3
#29 Jonathan L. Rosch Intel 3
#29 Eric M. PILNOCK 8 Bit Development 3
#29 EllaKate LeFebre State Farm 3
#29 Jason Alan Cane Nortek Security & Control 3
#29 James E. Holmes Edge 3 Technologies 3
#38 Ronald James Koontz The Boeing 2
#38 Heath Lorzel Source Global, Pbc 2
#38 James A. May James And Carol May Family, Lllp 2
#38 Constantine A. Balanis Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#38 James Walls Microchip Technology Incorporated 2
#38 Greg Marchand 2
#38 Charles Edwards Comcast 2
#38 Brendan Babiarz Nikola 2
#38 Don Mittendorf Honeywell 2
#38 Garrick Wallstrom Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#38 Vamsi K. Paruchuri IBM 2
#38 Patrick Tatum Iridium Satellite 2
#38 William E. Woodbury, II Elliptical Mobile Solutions 2

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