Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Corvallis, OR ranks #196 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 672 patents from 253 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Corvallis, OR include HP, Foxconn, Amazon. That works out to 11.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 253 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael W. Cumbie HP 31
2 Chien-Hua Chen HP 29
3 James Michael Gardner HP 27
#4 Eric Martin HP 26
#4 Daryl E. Anderson HP 26
#6 Kai-Li Jiang Foxconn 14
#7 Stephen D. Panshin 13
#8 Alexander Govyadinov HP 12
#9 Allan Henry Vermeulen Amazon 11
#9 Chantelle Domingue HP 11
#11 Ada-Rhodes Short Uccellini 9
#11 Pavel Kornilovich HP 9
#13 Scott A. Linn HP 8
#13 David Olsen HP 8
#13 Berkeley Fisher HP 8
#16 Kenneth Ward HP 7
#16 Sterling Chaffins HP 7
#16 Kevin P. DeKam HP 7
#16 Jeremy Sells HP 7
#16 Si-lam Choy HP 7
#16 Erik D. Torniainen HP 7
#16 Vladek Kasperchik HP 7
#16 David Champion HP 7
#24 Lola Vars Uccellini 6
#24 James R. Przybyla HP 6
#24 Mazie Houchens Uccellini 6
#24 Judson M. Leiser HP 6
#24 Anthony D. Studer HP 6
#29 Dan Powell Apple 5
#29 Joshua B. Fryman Intel 5
#29 David L. Smith HP 5
#29 Michael E. Peterschmidt HP 5
#29 Daniel D. Maupin Lyco Manufacturing 5
#34 Jayprakash C. Bhatt HP 4
#34 Hilary Ely HP 4
#34 Joshua M. Yu HP 4
#34 Jeffrey R. Pollard HP 4
#34 Anthony M. Fuller HP 4
#34 Diane R. Hammerstad HP 4
#34 Vincent C. Korthuis HP 4
#34 Cassady Roop HP 4
#42 Tamas Liszkai Nuscale Power 3
#42 Christie Dudenhoefer HP 3
#42 Jeffrey A. Nielsen HP 3
#42 Peter Mardilovich HP 3
#42 Steven Gaskill Micron 3
#42 Shawn Robert Freitas Thermochem Recovery International 3
#42 Bruce L. Geller Oregon State University 3
#42 David B. Novak HP 3
#42 Will Allen HP 3

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