Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pullman, WA ranks #1,186 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 128 patents from 81 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pullman, WA include Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Washington State University, Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co.. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 81 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David E. Whitehead Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 6
2 Dennis Gammel Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 5
2 Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 5
#4 David J. Dolezilek Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
#4 Junna Xin Washington State University 4
#4 Edmund O. Schweitzer, III Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
#4 Jinwen Zhang Washington State University 4
#4 Armando Guzman-Casillas Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
#9 Wei Zhong Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. 3
#10 Mark L. Zeller Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar 2
#10 Shankar V. Achanta Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Yong Wang Archer-Daniels-Midland 2
#10 Kanchanrao Gangadhar Dase Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Tony J. Lee Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Ashish Upreti Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Subhanshu Gupta Washington State University 2
#10 David M. Rector Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Marcos A. Donolo Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Qiaoyin Yang Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Manodev J. Rajasekaran Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Barry Jakob Grussling Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Manuel Garcia-Perez Washington State University 2
#10 Zachary King Sheffield Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 Josh Powers Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#10 James Daniel Dolan Katerra 2
#27 Jay Hartshorn Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Wei-Wen Chen Macronix International Co. 1
#27 Sajal Harmukh Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Quanbao Zhao Dvo 1
#27 Julian M. Alzate Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Michael Dylan Cone Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Juming Tang Washington State University 1
#27 Erik L. Johnson Esco Group 1
#27 Taylor Joseph Blanc Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Bruce A. Hall Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Charles DeChenne Intel 1
#27 Junming Sun Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#27 Arunabha Chatterjee Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Timothy M. Minteer Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Ebrahim Rezaei Washington State University 1
#27 Calvin Konzak Northwest Plant Breeding 1
#27 Vaithianathan Venkatasubramanian Washington State University 1
#27 Hamza Abubakari Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Glenn C. Bethmann Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Tuan Liu Washington State University 1
#27 Seanna L. Hewitt Washington State University 1
#27 Uma Jayaram Intel 1
#27 Coby Soss Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#27 Girish Ganjyal PepsiCo 1

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