Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bellingham, WA ranks #1,383 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,431 patents from 582 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bellingham, WA include Hyundai Motor, Allsop, Cutsforth. That works out to 26.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 582 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chang Wook Lee Hyundai Motor 139
2 Eivind Clausen Allsop 67
3 Robert S. Cutsforth Cutsforth 65
#4 Kenneth Scott Hanna Kohler 58
#5 Donald J. Stern Homax Products 50
#6 Ken S. Hanna Kohler 49
#7 Nelson George Publicover Google 47
#8 Gary Bridger Anormed 45
#8 James D. Allsop Allsop 45
#10 Charles Wayne Reinhardt Swart Paccar 43
#11 Thomas R. Swetish Johnson Outdoors 26
#12 Steven Karl Jahns Paccar 25
#12 Michael D. Gerty Paccar 25
#14 John Blume Affymetrix 24
#15 Brett Bartholmey Dri-Eaz Products 22
#16 Randal W. Hanson Homax Products 21
#16 Shiraz Balolia Gutmann Cutlery 21
#18 Richard A. Black Dri-Eaz Products 20
#19 Reijo Salminen Ericsson 19
#20 Carl-Anders Hergart Caterpillar 18
#21 Varun Ramesh Paccar 17
#22 Vijay Sampath Atlantic Richfield 16
#23 Daniel John Whittle Apex Technologies 15
#23 Wesley W. Sluys Builders Concrete 15
#23 Tadeusz Karabin Majco Building Specialties 15
#26 Americole R. Biasini Allsop 14
#27 Michael A. Greco Synthro 13
#27 Charles A. McCoy, II 13
#27 Richard F. Bauman ExxonMobil 13
#27 Jeffery Scott Edwards Physio-Control 13
#27 Timothy A. Niemier Old Town Canoe 13
#32 Chris D. Palmby 12
#32 Gary B. Rohrabaugh Softview, L.L.C. 12
#32 Edmund J. Sullivan US Air Force 12
#32 Shay C. Colson 12
#32 Jinru Bian Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 12
#32 Christopher L. Knauft 12
#32 Ralph Burrows Hexcel 12
#39 James Richardson Alpha Technologies Services 11
#39 Craig David Palmer Bank of America 11
#39 Sidney David Autry Gateway 2000 11
#39 Matthew W. Rose Apana 11
#39 Joel D. Hiltner Caterpillar 11
#39 Jack S. Warner Trimble Navigation Limited 11
#39 Justin Kaufman Blue Sea Systems 11
#46 Harry E. Hegarty Wood Stone 10
#46 Simon Johnson Ford 10
#46 John R. Meyer New York Life Insurance 10
#46 David Cole IBM 10
#46 Pankaj H. Bhatt Alpha Technologies Services 10

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