Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cheney, WA ranks #16,731 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 89 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cheney, WA include Microsoft, Hubbell Incorporated, Tii Network Technologies. That works out to 6.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian D. Wentz Microsoft 21
2 Gary W. Brondt Hubbell Incorporated 5
2 John F. Probst Tii Network Technologies 5
#4 Steven Modderman 4
#4 John P. Sheeran Research In Motion Limited 4
#4 Nathan Modderman 4
#7 Heather Stone 3
#7 Parris Wentz 3
#7 Wayne D. Meyer Honeywell 3
#7 Daniel A. Howard Penergy Solutions 3
#7 Laura Wentz 3
#12 Jeanne Rudzki Small 2
#12 W. Bruce Abbott 2
#12 Cheryl Lynn Adams Oracle 2
#12 Renee Hoke Itron 2
#12 Kirby Killman 2
#12 Karron Louis Law 2
#18 Jack L. Pitts 1
#18 Jody Kerlee 1
#18 Enoch W. Small 1
#18 Todd Vercoe 1
#18 Daniel K. Melchior World Wide Packets 1
#18 Anne Campeotto Millennium Inorganic Chemicals 1
#18 Terrance L. Jud Asc Machine Tools 1
#18 Mary E. Einsel 1
#18 Richard T. Hubbard, Jr. 1
#18 Justin P. Mager Digideal 1
#18 Randy Weatherbee 1
#18 Mathew Norman Swanson 1
#18 Kindra Marie Morse 1
#18 Lorri Evans 1
#18 Jack J. Mayer R.A. Pearson 1
#18 David Mobley 1
#18 Jerry O. Pitts 1
#18 Harold W. Sheeran 1
#18 Grover R. Black 1

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