Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #355 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 400 patents from 231 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, Guided Therapy Systems, Intel. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 231 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 31
2 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 11
3 Vijay K. Nair Intel 8
#4 Francis J. Carney onsemi 7
#4 Thomas Afshari Project Phoenix 7
#4 Elie A. Maalouf Nxp Usa 7
#4 Mark Jones Canopy Growth 7
#8 Daniel C. Crites Honeywell 6
#9 Mark A. Hanchett Axon Enterprise 5
#9 Rebecca A. Little State Farm 5
#9 Nathan C. Summers State Farm 5
#9 Zhi-Qiang Zhu Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 5
#9 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 5
#14 Richard J. Mazur Westinghouse Air Brake 4
#14 Timothy R. Ward Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#16 Kenneth G. Kingery Adp 3
#16 Douglas J. Mathews Viasat 3
#16 Daihyun Kim Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#16 Lauren A. Link Intel 3
#16 Ali Salih onsemi 3
#16 Vamsi K. Paruchuri IBM 3
#16 Jose Antonio Bautista-Martinez Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#16 Edgar A. Madril Jst Performance 3
#16 Jason Thomas Hubbell Incorporated 3
#16 Albert George Giazzon Max Interactive 3
#16 Alice A. Murphy The Boeing 3
#16 Honor Glenn Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#16 David A. Ruben Medtronic 3
#16 Wesley Edward Hatcher Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 3
#30 Heather O'Neill Caris Science 2
#30 Christopher R. Wezdenko The Boeing 2
#30 Mark Nuetzman Advanced New Technologies Co. 2
#30 Richard L. Howe Xerox 2
#30 Adam P. Boucher Jst Performance 2
#30 Timothy David Leedy 2
#30 Michael Scott Christensen Ford 2
#30 Akif O. Bolukbasi The Boeing 2
#30 Bruce C. Towe Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#30 Nahid Islam Andrew 2
#30 Michael T. DAY 8 Bit Development 2
#30 Travis J. Miller National Oilwell Varco 2
#30 Jacob Messner Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#30 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 2
#30 Carly Thalman Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#30 Don Mittendorf Honeywell 2
#30 G. Cameron Deemer Drfirst.Com 2
#30 Scott Clifford Checkers Industrial Products 2
#30 James F. Reed Elc Management 2
#30 Paul H. Townsend, III Dow Global Technologies 2
#30 Kalluri R. Sarma Honeywell 2

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