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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tualatin, OR ranks #1,585 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 86 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tualatin, OR include Novellus Systems, Qualcomm, Terra Nova Nurseries. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bryan L. Buckalew Novellus Systems 8
2 Shankar Thagadur Shivappa Qualcomm 7
2 Harini Korlipara Terra Nova Nurseries 7
#4 Benjamin Daniel Mangum Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 4
#4 Hu Kang Lam Research 4
#4 Adam Jon Zbinden 4
#7 Edward Augustyniak Lam Research 3
#7 Christopher M. Carpenter Esco Group 3
#7 Nagraj Shankar Lam Research 3
#10 Eric Robert Christenson Formfactor 2
#10 Marcelo Baru Biotronik Se & Co. Kg 2
#10 Bryan L. Young Lenova (Singapore) Pte. 2
#13 Wilson W. Smith, III Nike 1
#13 Christopher Ramsayer Lam Research 1
#13 Matthew A. Rigsby Lam Research 1
#13 Chris Nanson 1
#13 Philip E. Beatty Mjnn 1
#13 Thomas Ward Magpul Industries 1
#13 Jeffrey McKee Sionyx 1
#13 Bryan L. Young 1
#13 David G. Ellis Intel 1
#13 Zachery D. McCurter Premier Equipment 1
#13 John G. Ferguson Mentor Graphics 1
#13 Douglas Hill Novellus Systems 1
#13 Eric J. Marshall The Marshall Telephone Corporation Limited 1
#13 Hooi-Sung Kim Fujimi Incorporated 1
#13 Jimmy Erik Grandstrom Fujimi Incorporated 1
#13 Joseph Brett Harris Novellus Systems 1
#13 Eugene Smargiassi Novellus Systems 1
#13 Mark S. Taft Veris Industries 1
#13 John L. Whitcher Mjnn 1
#13 Paul Samuel Maddox University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 1
#13 James Matthew Cunnington Xerox 1
#13 Caleb Abraham Martin Acumed 1
#13 Damodar Rajaram Shanbhag Lam Research 1
#13 James Toms, Jr. Avery Dennison Retail Information Services 1
#13 Gary J. Albert Rockwell Collins 1
#13 Matthew Budge Catalyst Orthoscience 1
#13 Lyle A. Simshaw 1
#13 Nabyl Bennouri Ultra 1
#13 Todd Gerlach Blount 1
#13 David Pierson Biolectrics 1
#13 Fernando Herrera Purdue Research Foundation 1
#13 Nisha Kumar-Mayernik Broadcom 1
#13 Brent T. Krieger HP 1
#13 Vladimir A. Chedygov Franklin Electric Co. 1
#13 John A. Waicukauski Synopsys 1
#13 Brayton Cameron Rogers 1
#13 Mohan Thilagaraj Lam Research 1

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