Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pullman, WA ranks #1,098 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 121 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pullman, WA include Meter Group, Inc. Usa, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Smart Wires. That works out to 3.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gaylon S. Campbell Meter Group, Inc. Usa 4
1 Tristan Lloyd Mullis Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 4
3 Gregary C. Zweigle Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
3 Hamed Khalilinia Smart Wires 3
3 Marcos A. Donolo Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
3 Zhihua Jiang Auburn University 3
3 Raymond W. Rice Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
3 Dennis Gammel Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 3
#9 Wei Zhong Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co. 2
#9 Shankar V. Achanta Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Greg Rzepka Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Travis C. Mallett Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Scott Jones Energy Conversion Devices 2
#9 Yuzhan Li Ut-Battelle 2
#9 Ben M. Armstrong Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Arkanatha Sastry Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Manuel Garcia-Perez Washington State University 2
#9 Manodev J. Rajasekaran Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Abdel Rahman Khatib Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Sarah Elliott University of Pennsylvania 2
#9 Taiji Miyasaka Washington State University 2
#9 Wei-Wen Chen Macronix International Co. 2
#9 Julian M. Alzate Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#9 Mauricio G. Silveira Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#25 Jay Hartshorn Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Sajal Harmukh Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 John Paul Swensen Washington State University 1
#25 Aaron B. Burton Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Hidayatullah Ahsan Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Takuya Ohki Meter Group, Inc. Usa 1
#25 Brian H. Clowers Washington State University 1
#25 Gregory M. Kelley 1
#25 Josh Carver Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Ozan Akyildiz Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Timothy G. Mumford 1
#25 Waled Suliman Washington State University 1
#25 Zachary J. Campbell Meter Group, Inc. Usa 1
#25 Josh Powers Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Benno Mohr Mohr And Associates 1
#25 Pallavi Kulkarni Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Nishchal Sharma Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Gandhali P Juvekar Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Ricardo L. Abboud Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Erfan Ghaderi Washington State University 1
#25 Richard M. Edge Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Subhanshu Gupta Washington State University 1
#25 Sathish Kumar Mutha Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Anushka M. Dissanayake Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#25 Somayeh Nassiri The Boeing 1
#25 Brent R. Lee Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1

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