Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Canby, OR ranks #5,256 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 499 patents from 152 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Canby, OR include Xerox, Cebeco Lilies, A-Fem Medical. That works out to 27.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 152 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terrance L. Stephens Xerox 42
2 Donald L. Egger Cebeco Lilies 22
3 William H. Fleming A-Fem Medical 16
#4 Matthew E. Hoekstra Intel 15
#4 David Shroyer Bank of America 15
#6 John William Ludemann Lacrosse Footwear 14
#7 James O Beehler 13
#8 William Bruce Weaver Xerox 12
#8 Jerry Alvin Corcoran Unknown 12
#10 William J. Svendsen S.R. Smith 10
#10 Wayne Fetters Novellus Systems 10
#10 William S. Graupp Mentor Graphics 10
#13 Mike Goettel Blount 8
#13 Donald S. Martenson 8
#13 Joel S. Hankland Esco Group 8
#16 Joseph K. Wipff Central Garden & Pet 7
#16 Gary W. Ely Coe Manufacturing 7
#18 Aaron Crowley 6
#18 Eric Berner Strom HP 6
#18 Brian Kelley Reputation.Com 6
#21 Gregory Cumberford Oracle 5
#21 Thomas J. Brandt Tektronix 5
#21 Jordan R. White Cornell Pump Company 5
#21 Tommy L. Smith Athletic Training Equipment Company 5
#21 Gregory Stoermer The Raymond 5
#21 William Knapp Unknown 5
#27 Robert Cooperrider Audatex North America 4
#27 Brady Thompson Ess Tech 4
#27 Mary Lynne Morrow Xerox 4
#27 John Colvin 4
#27 Charles Dreixler Columbia Steel Casting Co. 4
#27 Joshua Long The Clorox 4
#27 Shelby Heinrichs Benchmade Knife Co. 4
#27 Todd Davis PayPal 4
#27 Crystal Rose-Fricker Pure Seed Testing 4
#27 Pamela Deshon-Stepp Infocus 4
#27 John McIntire Rosemount 4
#27 Mike Patton Quanta Associates 4
#27 Roger M. Stenbock Tektronix 4
#27 Joseph Schorr Google 4
#41 Bill Svendsen S.R. Smith 3
#41 Brian Hickman Intel 3
#41 William Hayhurst 3
#41 Jeff Sanftleben 3
#41 Randy Webb Blaw-Know Construction Equipment 3
#41 Donald I. Loofbourow Tektronix 3
#41 Chester H. Harper Allen Fruit Co. 3
#41 Stanley P. Kaveckis Tektronix 3
#41 James H. Angel Unknown 3
#50 Martin William Reagan Xerox 2

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