Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Centerville, UT ranks #5,173 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 511 patents from 139 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Centerville, UT include Orbit Irrigation Products, University Of Utah, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings. That works out to 30.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 139 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kent C. Ericksen Orbit Irrigation Products 39
2 Dennis L. Parker University Of Utah 34
3 Perry N. Law Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 25
#4 Wayne R. Hansen Baker Hughes Holdings 21
#5 Keith L. Paulsen Cirque 20
#6 Kelly D. Christensen Becton, Dickinson And 18
#7 Reed P. Tidwell Evans & Sutherland Computer 17
#8 Jon B. Newman C.R. Bard 13
#9 Arthur Healey Noke 11
#9 Anthony R. Torres Great Basin Scientific 11
#11 Roy L. Barrus Specialized Health Products 10
#11 Michael J. Glass Gull Laboratories 10
#13 Gordon Ray Whipple Sreus Energy 9
#14 Juan Sepulveda Brush Wellman 8
#15 Eric Herrmann Adobe 7
#15 Vincent J. Memmott Flying J 7
#15 Steven P. Callahan Finding Rover 7
#15 J. Andrew Judkins Teltronics 7
#15 Brian Andersen 7
#20 J. Winslow Young 6
#20 Thomas L. Thomas, Jr. Freeescale Semiconductor 6
#20 Mark Todd 6
#20 Matt Cox Autoliv Asp 6
#24 Kelli D. Oborn C.R. Bard 5
#24 Danilo E. Fonseca Unknown 5
#24 James Andrew Judkins Incontact 5
#27 Jared Hurst 4
#27 Ted E. Maxwell Maxwell Products 4
#27 John Morris Scott Technologies 4
#27 Brady Walton 4
#27 Robert Woldberg Cricut 4
#32 Ram Natesh Lateral Research Limited Liability 3
#32 Douglas M. Erickson 3
#32 Wesley L. Hatt Morton International 3
#32 R. Evan Bendal Fairchild Semiconductor 3
#32 J. Rock Hadley University Of Utah 3
#32 James Reed Cooper 3
#32 Manny A. Fonseca 3
#32 Shelene Brown 3
#32 Samuel Esteban Albornoz 3
#32 Ronald A. Cella 3
#32 Ryan Davis Aritzia Lp 3
#32 James Robert Mullins 3
#32 Glen Samuel Kirkpatrick Cryovac 3
#32 Tanor G. Hodges Owlet Baby Care 3
#32 Jerry D. Meservy 3
#32 Randy A. Ynchausti Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#32 Kent Erickson Pro-Mark 3
#32 Sergay Liston Eaton 3
#50 Jeffery Nish 2

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