Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Auburn, WA ranks #1,505 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,240 patents from 480 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Auburn, WA include The Boeing, Mikron Industries, Dell Products. That works out to 25.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 480 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph L. Hafenrichter The Boeing 79
2 Timothy Todd Wickland Mikron Industries 74
3 Timothy C. Shaw Dell Products 70
#4 Mengkui Luo Weyerhaeuser Nr 56
#5 Lawrence M. Hauser Progressive International 51
#6 John Michael Morris Gt Development 38
#6 Luan Khai Nguyen Amazon 38
#8 Steven J. Craigen Flow International 35
#9 Jeffrey G. Thompson The Boeing 32
#9 Roger S. Marshall Telecommunication Systems 32
#11 Everett A. Westerman The Boeing 31
#12 Jared I. Drinkwater Meta 29
#13 Hugh West Weyerhaeuser Nr 28
#14 Robert David Briggs GE 27
#15 Robert A. Kisch The Boeing 24
#16 Tom Nguyen Microsoft 23
#17 David W. Pratt Bp Chemicals Limited 22
#18 Teresa Gilbert Zymogenetics 21
#18 Bruce M. Schuman Flow International 21
#20 Christopher G. Harris The Boeing 20
#21 Phong Dang Carlisle Interconnect Technologies 19
#21 Daniel Nguyen The Boeing 19
#21 Richard Arvel Stevens Amazon 19
#24 Michael J. Dunn Christini Technologies 18
#24 Justin Michael Binns Amazon 18
#26 Alan Donald Gillooly Amazon 17
#26 Roland Schafer Richard Wolf Gmbh 17
#28 Charles W. Manry, Jr. The Boeing 16
#29 Kenneth J. Theimer Merlin Technology 15
#29 Kioan Cheon Koolance 15
#31 James D. Flynn University of California 14
#31 Peter F. Lee Southland Instruments 14
#31 Douglas L. Grose The Boeing 14
#34 Larry D. Hefti The Boeing 13
#34 Thomas Wilson The Boeing 13
#34 Dennis Schneider Baxter Corporation Englewood 13
#37 Robert T. Boyer Covidien Lp 12
#37 Robert A. Starr Weyerhaeuser Nr 12
#37 Michael Z. Eckblad Intel 12
#37 Manvinder Singh Blackberry Limited 12
#37 Frank E. Ives Pmc 12
#42 Dietrich E. Riemer The Boeing 11
#42 Peter Agtuca 11
#42 Christine D. Eberhardt Icos 11
#42 Clifford W. Turnbull Trade Associates 11
#42 Aaron D. Schuler Syntrix Biosystems 11
#47 Jack J. Esposito The Boeing 10
#47 Peter J. Lake The Boeing 10
#47 Arne K. Lewis The Boeing 10
#47 Henrik Michael Ammer Oracle 10

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