Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Meridian, ID ranks #554 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 249 patents from 109 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Meridian, ID include Micron, Magic Leap, Gaming Arts. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 109 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Hopkins Micron 19
2 Charles L. Ingalls Micron 15
3 Owen R. Fay Micron 13
#4 Eric C. Browy Magic Leap 10
#5 Eric D. Colvin Gaming Arts 9
#6 David Bruce Walker J.R. Simplot 8
#7 Sanjay Tiwari Micron 7
#8 Devesh Dadhich Shreeram Micron 5
#8 Micheal Thompson A10 Networks, Incorporated 5
#8 Mark E. Tuttle Micron 5
#8 Jonathan D. Harms Micron 5
#8 Dennis G. Montierth Micron 5
#13 Michael Mutch Micron 4
#13 Donald M. Morgan Micron 4
#13 Eric J. Stave Micron 4
#13 Guangjun Yang Micron 4
#13 Wayne J. Schmidt HP 4
#13 Luan C. Tran Micron 4
#19 Hung-Wei Liu Micron 3
#19 Werner Juengling Micron 3
#19 Yifen Liu Sz Dji Osmo Technology Co. 3
#19 Mark Shaw HP 3
#19 Jivaan Kishore Jhothiraman Micron 3
#19 Jonathan S. Hacker Micron 3
#19 James E. Davis Micron 3
#26 Kyle B. Campbell Micron 2
#26 Doyle Rivers Micron 2
#26 Adam J. Hieb Micron 2
#26 Troy D. Larsen Micron 2
#26 Lingming Yang Micron 2
#26 Sukneet Singh Basuta Micron 2
#26 Christian M. Gyllenskog Micron 2
#26 Bret K. Street Micron 2
#26 Bradley R. Bitz Micron 2
#26 Scott D. Schellhammer Micron 2
#26 John M. French Sturm, Ruger & Company 2
#26 Shawn M. Hilde Micron 2
#26 Farrell M. Good Micron 2
#26 Zhiqiang Xie Micron 2
#40 Bradley R. Larson HP 1
#40 Zheng Wang Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique) 1
#40 Mark Laverty Boise State University 1
#40 John J. Sengenberger Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1
#40 Vehid Suljic Micron 1
#40 Adam T. Featherstone 1
#40 Richard A. Mauritzson Aptina Imaging 1
#40 Michael J. Bernhardt Micron 1
#40 Justin D. Shepherdson Micron 1
#40 Brandon R. Nixon Micron 1
#40 Peter David Engblom Asml Netherlands B.V. 1

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