Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Albuquerque, NM ranks #178 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 759 patents from 510 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Albuquerque, NM include Samsung, Broadcom, Magic Leap. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 510 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jongmin Lee Samsung 15
2 Sheng Zhong Broadcom 10
3 Daniel Roger Dominguez Magic Leap 8
#4 Daniel Derkacs Solaero Technologies 7
#4 Steven R. J. Brueck Stc.Unm 7
#4 James Trani Sensormatic Electronics 7
#7 Stephen B. Krasulick Skorpios Technologies 6
#8 James B. Hannon IBM 5
#8 Jonathan Wolfe Sgrouples 5
#8 Jeb H. Flemming 3D Glass Solutions 5
#8 Wu Cheng Apple 5
#8 Michael Lee Smith Microsoft 5
#13 Lei Yang Solaero Technologies 4
#13 Lewis Bartel Carbo Ceramics 4
#13 John Dallesasse Skorpios Technologies 4
#13 Richard J. Copland Amo Wavefront Sciences 4
#13 Carol Ways 4
#13 Rodney Herrington Aqua Membranes 4
#13 Mial E. Warren Lumentum Operations 4
#20 David Aldridge Carbo Ceramics 3
#20 James Bradley Aimone National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 John Zyskind AT&T 3
#20 James Kassemi Swoop Ip Holdings 3
#20 Christopher Nordquist National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Anirban Mazumdar National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Max G. Lagally WARF 3
#20 Leanne Jauriqui Vibrant Holdings 3
#20 Stephen Buerger National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Keith A. Lampert Syb 3
#20 Majid Sodagar Skorpios Technologies 3
#20 Timothy Creazzo Skorpios Technologies 3
#20 Matthew Higgins Entellus Medical 3
#20 Timothy J. Boyle Musco 3
#20 Jack Grossman Palantir Technologies 3
#20 Francesca Cavallo WARF 3
#20 Mark A. Stan Solaero Technologies 3
#20 Clifford K. Ho National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Marios Stephanou Pattichis Stc.Unm 3
#20 Jason C. Neely National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Salvatore Campione National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Jiann-Cherng Su National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Luis M. Ortiz Micro-Gaming Ventures 3
#20 David Abell Lumentum Operations 3
#20 John P. Killoran, Jr. Swoop Ip Holdings 3
#20 Michael Wood National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 Jorge A. Gomez Martinez Nicor 3
#20 Bryan James Kaehr National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 3
#20 James Plusquellic Stc.Unm 3
#20 Alexander Neumann Stc.Unm 3
#20 Kermit D. Lopez Micro-Gaming Ventures 3

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