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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Anchorage, AK ranks #2,087 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,527 patents from 588 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anchorage, AK include Monticello Enterprises, IBM, Alaskan Energy Resources. That works out to 5.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 588 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ryan Connell Durham Monticello Enterprises 74
2 James R. Moulic IBM 37
3 Robert Harris IBM 33
#4 Lee Morgan Smith Alaskan Energy Resources 31
#5 John P. Davis Baker Hughes Holdings 30
#6 Ioana Fleming Medtronic 21
#7 Ningning Wang IBM 19
#8 Jerry L. Brady Atlantic Richfield 17
#9 Robert C. Nelson Schlumberger Technology 16
#9 Robert A. Koontz US Air Force 16
#11 Mike Miller E. Dillon & 15
#12 Harold B. Dreyer Gunderboom 14
#12 Steven T. JACKSON Illinois Tool Works 14
#14 Matthew David Perdew Quixotic Holdings 13
#15 John A. Lund University Of Alaska Anchorage 12
#15 Don S. Karterman 12
#17 John Musgrave Mistras Group 11
#18 Brent E. Henderson Methode Electronics 10
#18 Kelly Morris Mistras Group 10
#18 Elliott Morris Mistras Group 10
#18 James L. Cawvey Atlantic Richfield 10
#18 Kelly E. Dyer Black & Decker 10
#18 Jianbing Wu Altum View Systems 10
#18 Jeremy Cohen Airspan Networks 10
#18 Joseph Imlach Kingsbury 10
#26 Kristofor Bernard Swanson Katmai Tech 9
#27 Mark Edmund Richey Freshwater Bay Industries 8
#27 Eric Tyson NVIDIA 8
#27 Carl Diller Baker Hughes Holdings 8
#27 David R. Booker Sensors Incorporated 8
#27 Robert W Tompkins Unknown 8
#32 James P. Edwards Cooper Brands 7
#32 Anthony J. Paris University Of Alaska Anchorage 7
#32 Dane Wagner 7
#32 Christopher McIntyre Sequana Medical Nv 7
#32 Richard W. Hotes Alaska Structures 7
#32 Candice English 7
#32 John Milne Baker Hughes Holdings 7
#32 Anthony D. Paul Transportation Ip Holdings 7
#32 John Sutton Xplore Technologies 7
#41 Justin Green 6
#41 Ray Alan Spangler 6
#41 Jack B. Harrison Avery Dennison 6
#41 Howard W. Long 6
#41 Michael Abegg Apple 6
#41 Brian Marshall Dsd Communications 6
#41 Mark Johnson Baker Hughes Holdings 6
#41 Betty A. Eastup-Smith Alaskan Energy Resources 6
#41 Gary Randall Ford 6
#41 Robert Ostrom Capella Photonics 6

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