Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tigard, OR ranks #1,070 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 136 patents from 86 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tigard, OR include Nike, Au Optronics, Intel. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 86 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lee D. Peyton Nike 10
2 Po-Cheng Chen Au Optronics 5
3 Muhammad M. Khellah Intel 4
3 Jeremy Schroeder Navico Holding As 4
3 Gary D. McCormack Keyssa 4
3 Howard L. Heck Intel 4
#7 Amy M. Bergsieker Amazon 3
#7 Shantinath Ghongadi Novellus Systems 3
#7 Saurabh Dadu Intel 3
#7 John S. MacGilbert Nike 3
#7 Frank L. Pasquale Lam Research 3
#7 Osama M. Alattar Digimarc 3
#13 Perry W. Auger Nike 2
#13 Steven D. Phelps Synthro 2
#13 Joe Walczyk Intel 2
#13 Joseph Mistkawi Datalogic Ip Tech S.R.L. 2
#13 Jeremy Leigh Cattone Ebay 2
#13 Rachel E. Batzer Lam Research 2
#13 Tod Kinsley HP 2
#13 Patrick Breiling Lam Research 2
#13 Sean Slee Biotronik Se & Co. Kg 2
#13 Patrick G. Kutch Intel 2
#13 Juan G. Alzate-Vinasco 2
#13 Christopher Peck Product Miniature 2
#13 Chen Wang Mentor Graphics 2
#26 Michael R. Baron Nike 1
#26 Christopher A. Gardella 1
#26 Christopher J. Vondrachek Citifyd 1
#26 Daniel J. McGuire Curt G. Joa 1
#26 Tawfik M. Rahal-Arabi Intel 1
#26 Benjamin J. Jansen Tripwire 1
#26 Quang A. Nguyen Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies 1
#26 Iosif Gasparakis Intel 1
#26 Mark Rumford Agilyx 1
#26 Christopher S. de Voir Biotronik Crm Patent Ag 1
#26 Daniel R. Higgins Anthony-Ross 1
#26 Sean Crawford Agilyx 1
#26 Michael William Whalen Amazon 1
#26 Robert Niemeyer 1
#26 Troy Fox Andersen 1
#26 Haren Myneni IBM 1
#26 Cory R. Gondek Welch Allyn 1
#26 Robert R. Kreitzer Tektronix 1
#26 Lawrence Ossowski Lam Research 1
#26 Dustin Zachary Austin Lam Research 1
#26 David L. Flanders Rockwell Collins 1
#26 Oscar Navarro Fernandez 1
#26 Christopher Ryan Gold Xerox 1
#26 Mitch G. Barton Flir Surveillance 1
#26 Lee Sage Ssi Shredding Systems 1

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