Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Albuquerque, NM ranks #141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 19,521 patents from 4,547 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Albuquerque, NM include Broadcom, Samsung, Cabot. That works out to 34.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 4,547 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sheng Zhong Broadcom 146
2 Jongmin Lee Samsung 141
3 Mark J. Hampden-Smith Cabot 130
#4 Timothy J. Boyle Musco 120
#5 Peter R. Anderson Wms Gaming 106
#6 Steven R. J. Brueck Stc.Unm 101
#7 James Caruso Cabot 95
#8 Daniel Derkacs Solaero Technologies 80
#8 Stephen B. Krasulick Skorpios Technologies 80
#10 John P. Killoran, Jr. Swoop Ip Holdings 75
#11 Kermit D. Lopez Micro-Gaming Ventures 69
#12 Richard A. Kemp Shell Oil Compny 68
#12 Luis M. Ortiz Ortiz And Associates Consulting 68
#14 Quint H. Powell Cabot 65
#15 Michael D. Tocci Contrast 60
#15 James B. Hannon IBM 60
#15 Luis M. Ortiz Micro-Gaming Ventures 60
#18 Anthony L. Lentine AT&T 58
#18 Joseph T. Evans, Jr. Radiant Technologies 58
#20 Richard J. Copland Amo Wavefront Sciences 55
#20 John Dallesasse Skorpios Technologies 55
#22 David R. Wheeler Sandia 53
#22 Daniel McGlynn Symbol Technologies 53
#24 David Stanasolovich Intel 50
#24 C. Jeffrey Brinker Sandia 50
#24 Todd Ganshaw Unirac 50
#27 Larry A. Sklar Stc.Unm 49
#28 Mark A. Stan Solaero Technologies 48
#29 Daniel F. Feezell University of California 47
#30 Victor C. Esch Dnae Group Holdings Limited 46
#30 Ernest Gallegos Unirac 46
#30 Ying Jiang United States Surgical 46
#33 Harrith M. Hasson Stryker 45
#33 Max G. Lagally WARF 45
#35 Charles J. Call Mesosystems Technology 43
#36 Husam N. Al-Shareef Micron 42
#36 Michael Thomas Pace Bluehalo 42
#38 Mark Ries Robinson Medici Technologies 41
#38 Lei Yang Solaero Technologies 41
#38 William J. Stewart Plessey Overseas Limited 41
#41 Reddy Vangala Cts 39
#41 Paul C. Galambos Sandia 39
#41 John Zyskind AT&T 39
#44 Alexander Neumann Stc.Unm 38
#44 Todd R. Christenson Sandia 38
#46 Garrett James Newell Bluehalo 36
#46 Joel N. Beer Stryker 36
#46 James Trani Sensormatic Electronics 36
#49 Jeffrey Gerard Micono Bluehalo 35
#49 Roy H. Olsson Sandia 35

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