Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Washington, UT ranks #4,521 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 24 patents from 15 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Washington, UT include The Lovesac, Hall Labs, Merit Medical Systems. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–15 of 15 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shawn D. Nelson The Lovesac 7
2 Casey Webb Hall Labs 4
3 Jacob D. Forman Merit Medical Systems 1
3 Frederick James Black 1
3 Casey Shirts 1
3 Tanner Rick Wheadon Purple Innovation 1
3 Chad Steven Sillitoe Printerlogic 1
3 Caitlyn Litson 1
3 Jeffrey D. Stewart Mj Stewart Investments 1
3 Majere T. Wintch 1
3 Lindford R. T. Smith Autoliv Asp 1
3 Connor Brooksby Unknown 1
3 Gary C. Rosenfield Aerotech 1
3 Casey James Nordgran Wilson Electronics 1
3 Charles Tandy Utah Valley University 1

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