Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 434 patents from 245 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, onsemi, The Boeing. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 245 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 23
2 Francis J. Carney onsemi 12
3 Kendra L. Befort The Boeing 11
#4 Timothy R. Ward Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 10
#5 Christopher S. Haver The Boeing 9
#6 Travis J. Miller National Oilwell Varco 8
#7 Rebecca A. Little State Farm 7
#7 Vijay K. Nair Intel 7
#9 Robert Alan Hess Pacific Light & Hologram 6
#9 Nathan C. Summers State Farm 6
#11 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 5
#11 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 5
#11 Steven Curtis Crouch Honeywell 5
#14 Emil A. Kneer Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A. 4
#14 Heath Lorzel Source Global, Pbc 4
#14 James E. Holmes Edge 3 Technologies 4
#14 Elie A. Maalouf Nxp Usa 4
#14 Lauren A. Link Intel 4
#14 Thomas Afshari Project Phoenix 4
#14 Daniel C. Crites Honeywell 4
#21 Saivimal Sridar Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#21 Richard J. Mazur Westinghouse Air Brake 3
#21 Jeremy Ellis Videojet Technologies 3
#21 Albert George Giazzon Max Interactive 3
#21 Abraham Richard Hoffman PayPal 3
#21 Joshua T. King Edge 3 Technologies 3
#21 Jonathan L. Rosch Intel 3
#21 Bruce C. Towe Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#21 Michael T. DAY 8 Bit Development 3
#21 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 3
#21 Liqing Wen Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A. 3
#21 Eric M. PILNOCK 8 Bit Development 3
#21 Genevieve Messina Bard Peripheral Vascular 3
#21 Stephen Ventre Heliae Development 3
#21 James A. Coleman Intel 3
#36 Joshua Guske Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A. 2
#36 Gary D. Hicok NVIDIA 2
#36 Ryan R. Jones Sandisk Technologies 2
#36 Jasmina Markovski Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#36 Dennis Joseph Moore 2
#36 Lynne Cudden 2
#36 Andrew Lei American Express 2
#36 Stephen P. Adams Jst Performance 2
#36 Daihyun Kim Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#36 Jonathan David Miller Amgine Technologies (Us) 2
#36 Leon Li Lumension Security 2
#36 Ali Salih onsemi 2
#36 Mark Jones Canopy Growth 2
#36 Sze Zheng Yong Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#36 Kalluri R. Sarma Honeywell 2

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