Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Boring, OR ranks #7,622 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 296 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Boring, OR include Melridge, Cornell Pump Company, Nike. That works out to 153.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Edward A. McRae Melridge 76
2 William J. Warren Cornell Pump Company 43
3 Matthew N. Rask Nike 30
#4 Todd Morgan Hyster-Yale Group 12
#5 James Francis McIntire Whitaker & 11
#5 David W. Petronek Cascade 11
#7 Ray J. Morris Esco Group 7
#8 Paul H. Halladin Early Morning 6
#9 Rick Young 5
#9 Cary N. Coverdill Freightliner 5
#9 D. Clark Jordan Cascade 5
#9 Judith F. McRae Mt. Hood Lilies 5
#13 Larry Pestes 4
#13 Donald C. Carey 4
#13 David A. Sailor Tektronix 4
#16 Daniel E. Tooke 3
#16 Steven Grant Lumsden 3
#16 Carl R. Smith Cooper Technologies 3
#16 Berj A. Martin The Sherwin-Williams 3
#16 Carl T. Smith Cadence Design Systems 3
#21 Hugh Eisele 2
#21 Kenny Carl Richardson 2
#21 Dale Rembold Intel 2
#21 Michael Barthman Lsi 2
#21 Cornelius N. Pestes 2
#21 Brian Derek Mowlds 2
#21 Darrell J. Scheffer 2
#21 Judith Freeman-McRae 2
#21 Albert Passadore Brod & Mcclung--Pace 2
#21 J. Frank Schmidt, III 2
#31 Gary Wicklund Pml Microbiologicals 1
#31 David R. Christmann HP 1
#31 Diana Ballantyne 1
#31 Scott L. Atherton 1
#31 Steve Reder 1
#31 Henry O. Geisler 1
#31 Robert Fincham Monrovia Nursery 1
#31 Bill B. Culp 1
#31 Joshua S. Bryan Motoczysz 1
#31 John Randall Kaady 1
#31 Michael J. Granum 1
#31 Chad Sobella 1
#31 Don Leliefeld Blount 1
#31 Jeanne Eastman 1
#31 Michael Szymczak 1
#31 Donald Hatfield 1
#31 Quentin K. Fadness 1
#31 William Thomas King 1
#31 Natalee E. Taylor 1
#31 Linda Szymczak 1

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