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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burien, WA ranks #4,833 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 22 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burien, WA include The Boeing, Terraclear, Gilead Sciences. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert John Rencher The Boeing 3
1 Dwight Galen McMaster Terraclear 3
3 John Desmond Whelan The Boeing 2
3 Patrick J. Salvo Gilead Sciences 2
3 Michael W. Evens The Boeing 2
3 Brandi Huang 2
3 William Earl Amazon 2
#8 Nicholas Albion Merlin Technology 1
#8 Eric M. Hayward Amazon 1
#8 David E. Sanford The Boeing 1
#8 Brandon S. Uttech The Boeing 1
#8 Brandon Shults Blue Nile 1
#8 Matthijs van Leeuwen 1

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