Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Corvallis, OR ranks #178 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 16,150 patents from 1,763 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Corvallis, OR include Micron, Foxconn, HP. That works out to 269.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,763 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leonard Forbes Micron 1,109
2 Kai-Li Jiang Foxconn 637
3 Chien-Hua Chen HP 336
#4 Michael W. Cumbie HP 233
#5 James Michael Gardner HP 201
#6 Andrew L. Van Brocklin HP 187
#7 Alexander Govyadinov HP 179
#8 Eric Martin HP 175
#9 Daryl E. Anderson HP 159
#10 Vladek Kasperchik HP 147
#11 William J. Allen HP 137
#12 Allan Henry Vermeulen Amazon 122
#13 Peter Mardilovich HP 119
#14 Scott A. Linn HP 110
#15 Marvin Glenn Wong Agilent Technologies 109
#15 Ravi Prasad Praxair Technology 109
#17 David Olsen HP 102
#17 David L. Smith HP 102
#19 Patrick L. Iversen Avi Biopharma 96
#20 Pavel Kornilovich HP 95
#21 Tsuyoshi Yamashita Advantest 86
#22 Peter Fricke HP 84
#23 Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. 80
#24 David Champion HP 75
#25 John D. Hyde Impinj 73
#26 Michael D. Derocher HP 70
#26 Adam L. Ghozeil HP 70
#28 Rio Rivas HP 66
#28 Anthony D. Studer HP 66
#30 Charles C. Haluzak HP 65
#30 Dwight D. Weller Sarepta Therapeutics 65
#32 Erik D. Torniainen HP 64
#32 Mark H. MacKenzie HP 64
#34 Gregory F. Carlson Disney 61
#35 Bruce Cowger 60
#36 James D. Bledsoe Disney 59
#37 Kenneth E. Trueba 58
#37 Asher Simmons Disney 58
#37 Timothy L. Weber 58
#37 Randy Hoffman HP 58
#41 Douglas A. Keszler Inpria 57
#41 Paul H. McClelland 57
#43 David C. Smith RTX (Raytheon) 56
#44 Jayprakash C. Bhatt HP 54
#45 John R. Moffatt 53
#45 Stephen D. Panshin 53
#45 Gregory J. May HP 53
#48 James R. Przybyla HP 52
#49 Jeffrey A. Nielsen HP 51
#49 Dongcheng Dai Siga Technologies 51

Part of Oregon