Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kent, WA ranks #967 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 152 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kent, WA include The Boeing, T-Mobile Usa, Quest Integrated. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian J. Tillotson The Boeing 14
2 Kenneth H. Griess The Boeing 5
3 Joseph Baird T-Mobile Usa 4
#4 Bruce A. Dahl The Boeing 3
#4 Giovanni Nino Quest Integrated 3
#4 Charles M. Richards The Boeing 3
#4 Kurtis S. Willden The Boeing 3
#4 Michael A. Lee The Boeing 3
#9 David G. Ellsworth The Boeing 2
#9 Rick A. Thompson 2
#9 David Bashford Lasermotive 2
#9 John Connell The Boeing 2
#9 Kyle Alexander Woo Amazon 2
#9 Charlie Burnside 2
#9 Brian E. Ward The Boeing 2
#9 Alexander Pavlovskiy 2
#9 Donald R. Songras Novinium 2
#9 Marcin A. Rabiega The Boeing 2
#9 Gary Rittinger Amazon 2
#9 Jennifer Sue Noel The Boeing 2
#9 Phillip Dewayne Bondurant Quest Integrated 2
#9 Karen Burnside 2
#9 Scott Phillips Merlin Technology 2
#9 Eric Lund Semitool 2
#9 Fletcher Nelson Meta 2
#9 John A. Mittleider The Boeing 2
#27 Quang Huy Nguyen AMD 1
#27 Jau-Ming Su Berry Plastics 1
#27 Jose Demetrio Saura Clearbrief 1
#27 Joseph A. Marshall The Boeing 1
#27 Michael R. Vanguardia The Boeing 1
#27 Kelsi M. Hurley The Boeing 1
#27 E. Thomas McKay Physio-Control 1
#27 William Brinton Zonar Systems 1
#27 Kevin J Conner Honeywell 1
#27 Cody Casteneda Fives Machining Systems 1
#27 Richard M. Blair, II Walmart Apollo 1
#27 Jack Kay Unknown 1
#27 Patrice K. Ackerman The Boeing 1
#27 Whitney David Seiberlich Microsoft 1
#27 Edmund Y. Ting Flow International 1
#27 Ali Minachi Quest Integrated 1
#27 Taiwo Ayedun 1
#27 Robert Elee Scarborough 1
#27 Mark A. Dahl Saris Cycling Group 1
#27 Eckhardt R. Ullrich Flow International 1
#27 Daniel Coe Outlaw The Boeing 1
#27 Jay D. Childs Amazon 1
#27 Robert B. Brown Fresh Products 1
#27 Angela D. Barnes Physio-Control 1

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