Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pullman, WA ranks #1,226 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 111 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pullman, WA include Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Smart Wires, Meter Group, Inc. Usa. That works out to 3.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jay Hartshorn Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
1 Hamed Khalilinia Smart Wires 4
1 Marcos A. Donolo Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
1 Edmund O. Schweitzer, III Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
1 Dennis Gammel Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
1 Shankar V. Achanta Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
#7 Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar 3
#7 Matchyaraju Alla Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#7 David E. Whitehead Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#7 Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#7 Tony J. Lee Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#7 Gaylon S. Campbell Meter Group, Inc. Usa 3
#13 Josh Powers Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#13 Zhihua Jiang Auburn University 2
#13 David F. Bahr Washington State University 2
#13 Armando Guzman-Casillas Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#13 Raymond W. Rice Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#13 Uma Jayaram Intel 2
#13 Glenn C. Bethmann Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#13 Ritesh Kale Intel 2
#13 Gregary C. Zweigle Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#13 Tristan Lloyd Mullis Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#23 Jijiao Zeng Fornia Biosolutions 1
#23 Benjamin Joseph Belzer Washington State University 1
#23 Abhishek Gannarapu Washington State University 1
#23 Abdel Rahman Khatib Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Manodev J. Rajasekaran Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Younghwan Cha Washington State University 1
#23 Krishnamoorthy Sivakumar Washington State University 1
#23 Evan Terrell Terrapower 1
#23 Amirhossein Sayyafan Washington State University 1
#23 Mohammed Shabbir Pithapur Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Boel Anita Fransson Washington State University 1
#23 Zach Campbell Meter Group, Inc. Usa 1
#23 David J. Dolezilek Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Douglas R. Call Washington State University 1
#23 Mohammad Hossein Namaki Washington State University 1
#23 Bulent Arda Gozen Washington State University 1
#23 Yu Fu Bank of America 1
#23 Clifford Berkman Cancer Targeted Technology 1
#23 Andrew Strzelecki Triad National Security 1
#23 Buel Dantese Rodgers Baker Heart And Diabetes Institute 1
#23 Ryan Bradetich Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Wei Zhong Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. 1
#23 Kanchanrao Gangadhar Dase Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Andrew W. Rash Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Daniel B. Rippon Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Tyler Nelson Meine Washington State University 1
#23 Ozan Akyildiz Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#23 Benno Mohr Mohr And Associates 1

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