Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carnation, WA ranks #1,869 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,753 patents from 210 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carnation, WA include Bardy Diagnostics, Microsoft, Novozymes. That works out to 812.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 210 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gust H. Bardy Bardy Diagnostics 364
2 Christopher Douglas Edmonds Microsoft 122
3 Paul Harris Novozymes 83
#4 Matthew L. Anderson Cummins-Allison 68
#5 James G. Droppo Microsoft 56
#6 James Hollister Allure Energy 52
#7 Bryan Kelly Microsoft 46
#8 Jason Sikes AT&T 40
#9 Roderick E. Briscoe Medtronic 31
#10 Peter N. Glaskowsky Oracle 30
#10 Stephen J. Estrop Microsoft 30
#12 A. Buell Ish, III Vectra Fitness 29
#13 William Hill Microsoft 27
#14 Pu Liu IBM 26
#15 Richard Romley Endogastric Solutions 25
#16 Paul Blinzer AMD 23
#17 Patrick S. McNutt Leviton Manufacturing Co. 20
#18 Richard D. Ellis Valve 18
#19 Jeffrey M. Reents Microsoft 17
#19 Gregory T. Wing Liposonix 17
#21 David Yager Gmedelaware 2 15
#21 Matthew A. Pleis Cypress Semiconductor 15
#23 Susan Warren Microsoft 13
#23 Leonardo G. Del Castillo Microsoft 13
#25 Dustin Michael Ingalls Microsoft 12
#25 David B. Stewart Physio-Control 12
#25 Terje K. Backman Microsoft 12
#28 Daniel T. Travison Microsoft 11
#28 James Timothy Golden AT&T 11
#30 Eric Heutchy Microsoft 10
#30 Douglas M. Purdy Microsoft 10
#30 Gabriel S. DeBacker Microsoft 10
#33 James Kutsko Spiration 9
#33 L. Kent Lines Vectra Fitness 9
#33 David Kinsey AT&T 9
#33 Leonard Alan Collins Microsoft 9
#33 Perry S. Stultz Microsoft 9
#38 Chittur Padmanabhan Subbaraman Microsoft 8
#38 Patrick Codd Microsoft 8
#38 Michael Gruber Fette Gmbh 8
#38 Joseph Cusimano Microsoft 8
#42 John Turner Whitted Microsoft 7
#42 David J. Yager Tokitae 7
#42 Per-Ola Anders Orvendal Microsoft 7
#42 Lee Butler Microsoft 7
#42 Scott M. Cutshall Microsoft 7
#42 Dean Leon Parham The Boeing 7
#42 Murray Leigh Chapman Amazon 7
#49 Andrew C. Glass Microsoft 6
#49 Haishi Bai Microsoft 6

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