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Colfax, WA ranks #7,993 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 11 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Colfax, WA include Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Alden Laboratories. That works out to 4.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lisa Gayle Nelms Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
2 Normann Fischer Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
3 Chris A. Hanson Alden Laboratories 2
3 Dennis Haes Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2

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