Surprise, AZ ranks #4,833 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 22 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Surprise, AZ include Toyota, American Express, Corning Gilbert. That works out to 0.1 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 | Stephen L. Robertson | Toyota | 2 |
| 1 | Kevin H. Ringger | American Express | 2 |
| 1 | Casey Roy Stein | Corning Gilbert | 2 |
| 1 | Michael Collins | Kryterion | 2 |
| 1 | Graciela Rojas | Ypf Tecnología S.A. | 2 |
| #6 | Michael Mead | — | 1 |
| #6 | David Balmer | — | 1 |
| #6 | Claude Harper | — | 1 |
| #6 | Rob Laizure, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #6 | A. Eugene Nordby | — | 1 |
| #6 | Hans Rodrigues de Miranda | Knox Associates | 1 |
| #6 | Daniel Brown | Honeywell | 1 |
| #6 | Santos M. Diaz, III | — | 1 |
| #6 | Martin Russell Peck | — | 1 |
| #6 | John Piper | Cnh Industrial America | 1 |
| #6 | Rob Laizure, Sr. | — | 1 |
| #6 | Joseph D. Zuhlsdorf | Toyota | 1 |
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