Springfield, OR ranks #4,659 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 25 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, OR include Thermo Fisher, Netapp, Datalogic Usa. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Gee | Thermo Fisher | 7 |
| 2 | Scott Grecian | Thermo Fisher | 2 |
| 2 | Evan Miller | Netapp | 2 |
| #4 | Richard Wendell Hiatt | — | 1 |
| #4 | Elva Martinez Ballesteros | Datalogic Usa | 1 |
| #4 | Chris VONNEGUT | University Of Oregon | 1 |
| #4 | Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr. | Oregon Precision Industries | 1 |
| #4 | Stephen Loyd Rich | — | 1 |
| #4 | Gerald Thomas | Pulse Health | 1 |
| #4 | Brent Whitley | — | 1 |
| #4 | Glenn Ford Bittrolf | — | 1 |
| #4 | Matthias K. Crandall | — | 1 |
| #4 | John M. Sprainis | — | 1 |
| #4 | Bradley Simon Harness | — | 1 |
| #4 | Byron S. Petersen | Delta Design | 1 |
| #4 | Ronald J. Sprainis | — | 1 |
| #4 | Emerson Biehl | — | 1 |
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