Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ephrata, WA ranks #9,911 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 8 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ephrata, WA include Spyderco, Microsoft, Comcast. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ed Schempp Spyderco 2
2 Shantanu Sharma Microsoft 1
2 Matthew Jorgensen Comcast 1
2 Quinn M. Anderson Anderson Innovations 1
2 David Klatt 1
2 Kyle Schouviller Microsoft 1
2 Neal Manly Regal Fruit International 1

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