Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Duvall, WA ranks #1,454 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,318 patents from 384 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Duvall, WA include Microsoft, Lam Research, Valve. That works out to 288.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 384 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christian Klein Microsoft 97
2 Patrick A. Van Cleemput Lam Research 55
3 Eric James Hope Valve 48
#4 Shane Mainali Microsoft 45
#4 Andrew Maimone Meta 45
#6 Ryan Scott Haraden Microsoft 43
#7 Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto Microsoft 35
#8 Jefferey M. McKee B/E Aerospace 34
#9 David E. Johnston Adobe 33
#9 Mark Kenworthy Microsoft 33
#9 John Allen Atwood Microsoft 33
#9 Joel M. Soderberg Microsoft 33
#13 Aaron Hartwell Microsoft 27
#14 Charles Claudius Marais Microsoft 26
#14 Robert Standefer, III Microsoft 26
#14 William J. Staples Microsoft 26
#17 James T. Kajiya Microsoft 25
#18 Roberto C. Taboada Microsoft 24
#19 Aaron M. Butcher Microsoft 23
#20 Monty Lee Hammontree Microsoft 22
#21 John M. Hawkins Microsoft 21
#21 Bradford R. Clark Microsoft 21
#23 Robin James Green Pacific Light & Hologram 20
#23 Dexter Paul Bradshaw Microsoft 20
#25 Vernon Richard Groves A10 Networks, Incorporated 19
#25 Jay Curtis Beavers Microsoft 19
#27 Christopher J. Corbett Microsoft 18
#27 Thomas G. Moore Microsoft 18
#27 David Brudnicki Sequent Software 18
#30 Brian T. Hill Microsoft 17
#30 Nathan Smith Minka Lighting 17
#30 Michael Healy Microsoft 17
#30 Gregory M. Ayers Incon-Trol 17
#30 Marc M. Pos Honeywell 17
#30 C. Shane Evans Microsoft 17
#36 Anthony J. Hewett Microsoft 16
#37 Shanna Lorraine Leeland Honeywell 15
#37 Andrew Proctor University Of Washington 15
#37 Darryl I. Jensen Amazon 15
#40 Julie Seto Microsoft 14
#40 Kenneth Charles Boman Microsoft 14
#40 Robert S. T. Gibson Microsoft 14
#40 Stephen P. DiAcetis Microsoft 14
#40 Jeffrey F. Spelman Microsoft 14
#45 Vladimir Yarmolenko Microsoft 13
#45 Robert A. Corbin Terrapower 13
#45 John E. Bradley, III Aon Risk Services, Inc. Of Maryland 13
#45 Bryan P. Murray Hewlett Packard Enterprise 13
#45 Todd B. Brouwer The Boeing 13
#50 Kyle S. Young Microsoft 12

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