Vail, AZ ranks #2,475 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 49 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vail, AZ include IBM, Sion Power, The Boeing. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph W. Dain | IBM | 7 |
| 2 | Igor P. Kovalev | Sion Power | 6 |
| 3 | David H. F. Harper | IBM | 3 |
| 3 | Steve Patterson | The Boeing | 3 |
| 3 | Jacob Pinello-Benavides | RTX (Raytheon) | 3 |
| #6 | Jason L. Peipelman | IBM | 2 |
| #6 | Michael J. Millius | Rain Bird | 2 |
| #6 | Christopher B. Moore | IBM | 2 |
| #6 | Brayden Peery | RTX (Raytheon) | 2 |
| #6 | Gregory E. McBride | IBM | 2 |
| #6 | Gregory J. Larson | RTX (Raytheon) | 2 |
| #6 | Tyler James Archer | Texas Instruments | 2 |
| #13 | Brett Hughes | — | 1 |
| #13 | Jeffery F. Knighton | Nedelco, Incorporated | 1 |
| #13 | Christopher D. Nicholas | Language Technologies | 1 |
| #13 | Richard M. Forrest | — | 1 |
| #13 | Daniel Roger St. George | Rain Bird | 1 |
| #13 | Peter M. Niess | Rain Bird | 1 |
| #13 | Dudley F. Spooner, II | RTX (Raytheon) | 1 |
| #13 | Ryan L. Bird | RTX (Raytheon) | 1 |
| #13 | Jeremy Tepper | — | 1 |
| #13 | Brian Jeffrey Mueller | Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Limited | 1 |
| #13 | Ephrem Lemlem Gebrehiwot | Freeport Minerals | 1 |
| #13 | Matthew E. Brooks | IBM | 1 |
| #13 | Randall S. Christensen | — | 1 |
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