Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tempe, AZ ranks #205 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 652 patents from 361 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tempe, AZ include Intel, The Noco, Versum Materials Us. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 361 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kshitij A. Doshi Intel 27
2 Derek Michael Underhill The Noco 24
3 Xinjian Lei Versum Materials Us 17
#4 Jian Li Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 16
#5 Michael Fong Ppip 13
#6 Neric Hsin-wu Fong Ppip 11
#7 Manchao Xiao Versum Materials Us 10
#7 Kemal Aygun Intel 10
#9 David Puffer Intel 9
#10 Jeffrey LaBelle Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 8
#11 Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur Intel 7
#12 Minya Gavrilovic Galtronics Usa 6
#12 Sadegh Farzaneh Galtronics Usa 6
#12 Joseph Del Rossi Vomaris Innovations 6
#15 Richard R. King The Boeing 5
#15 Zongwei Zhou Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 5
#15 Robert Gordon Ridgeway Versum Materials Us 5
#15 Jianheng Li Versum Materials Us 5
#15 Raymond Nicholas Vrtis Air Products And Chemicals 5
#20 Chia-Pin Chiu Intel 4
#20 Jordan Cluster Edge 3 Technologies 4
#20 Kevin Yi Cheng Chang Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited 4
#20 Michael Harris, Jr. State Farm 4
#20 Meiliang Wang Versum Materials Us 4
#20 Zia Hossain onsemi 4
#26 Christopher Michael Adams Cubic Tech 3
#26 Xiaofei Qiu Nxp Usa 3
#26 Ricardo Uscola Nxp Usa 3
#26 Bonsung Koo Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#26 Michael L. Perez Vantage Mobility International 3
#26 Yanqing Tian Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#26 Samuel P. Ebenezer Cirrus Logic 3
#26 Stephen Dunstan 3
#26 Malak Fouad Malak Honeywell 3
#26 Fengyu Su Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#26 Clifford L. Anderson Motorola 3
#26 Praneeth Akkinepally Intel 3
#26 Balaji Padmanabhan onsemi 3
#26 Mrittika Ganguli Intel 3
#26 Jia Guo Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#26 Stephen Johnston Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#26 Harshdeep Singh Meta 3
#26 Troy Paluszcyk Vomaris Innovations 3
#26 Jason Swanson Evolve Technologies 3
#26 Suzanne Marye Wong Artesyn Embedded Computing 3
#26 Abhinav Jain Amazon 3
#26 Darrell Horner Honeywell 3
#26 David J. Dougherty Jds Uniphase 3
#49 Hugh James Barnaby Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#49 Rashmin Patel Intel 2

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