Prescott, AZ ranks #4,992 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 21 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Prescott, AZ include Caterpillar, NVIDIA, Sturm, Ruger & Company. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew M. Denis | Caterpillar | 5 |
| 2 | Von Roy Christiansen, JR. | — | 1 |
| 2 | Leroy James Sullivan | NVIDIA | 1 |
| 2 | Robert Lloyd Waterfield | NVIDIA | 1 |
| 2 | Kenneth Walter Christopherson | — | 1 |
| 2 | Dion Runge | — | 1 |
| 2 | Kenneth Horvath | — | 1 |
| 2 | James McGarry | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 1 |
| 2 | Keith A. Swesey | Intel | 1 |
| 2 | Dan Danknick | Tile | 1 |
| 2 | Reed A. Davis | Northland Products | 1 |
| 2 | Jonathon Cox | — | 1 |
| 2 | Howard F. Hendricks | Penn Engineering & Manufacturing | 1 |
| 2 | Michael J. Spencer | West Virginia University | 1 |
| 2 | Michael H. Ottmann | — | 1 |
| 2 | Joseph P. Sirochman | Ironridge | 1 |
| 2 | Joseph Allen | Starlite Media | 1 |
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