Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Edmonds, WA ranks #1,184 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,842 patents from 598 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Edmonds, WA include Microsoft, Cypress Semiconductor, Lumicor. That works out to 66.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 598 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven W. Fisher Microsoft 91
2 Harold Kutz Cypress Semiconductor 84
3 Todd Darrow Lumicor 53
3 Andrei Evulet Jetoptera 53
#5 James P. Schalla The Boeing 41
#6 Ronald E. Stickney Physio-Control 40
#7 Bryan Pieratt Microsoft 38
#8 Nand Baindur Zymogenetics 37
#9 Olivier L. Tremoulet, Jr. Flow International 34
#10 Roger Palmer Newell Window Furnishings 33
#10 Chad Rothschiller Microsoft 33
#12 Tom Freeman Voicebox Technologies 32
#13 Alejandro A. Aruffo Bristol-Myers Squibb 30
#14 Douglas Alan Brown The Boeing 29
#14 Stephen R. Hanson Emory University 29
#16 Brady A. Olason Precor Incorporated 28
#17 David Erdmann Amazon 27
#17 Joseph T. Savarese Netmotion Wireless 27
#19 Mark R. Lee Amx 25
#19 Robert W. Carver Carver 25
#21 Alan N. Schwartz Rmx 24
#21 Mark C. Lee Ebay 24
#23 Robert A. Henderson Corixa 23
#24 Joseph L. Sweetin The Boeing 22
#24 John R. Brown Openpeak 22
#26 Matthew Graham Baldwin Amazon 21
#26 Thaddeus C. Pritchett Microsoft 21
#28 Steve Carter Kraft Foods R & D 20
#28 Jeffrey Alan Poulsen Leviton Manufacturing Co. 20
#28 Daniel L. Moore Avtechtyee 20
#31 Dimitrios P. Karabinis Odyssey Wireless 18
#31 Everett J. Nichols Halosource 18
#31 Mark A. Ganter University Of Washington 18
#34 Melissa Elaine Davis Amazon 17
#34 Sean Doyle Emc 17
#36 Cory E. Klatt Imagex 16
#36 Dileepa Prabhakar Fluke 16
#36 Richard Fraker The Boeing 16
#36 Connor Spencer Blue Worley Amazon 16
#40 Alistair J. Leigh Cello Therapeutics 15
#40 A. Charles Morgan, Jr. Neorx 15
#42 Thien Nguyen Evri 14
#42 Gary M. Bang Precor Incorporated 14
#42 Brian K. Kormanyos The Boeing 14
#42 Philip Howard Bp Chemicals Limited 14
#42 Clare Regimbal Long Meta 14
#42 Bradley Morris Johnson Data I/O 14
#42 Anne Elisabeth Carvalho Jensen Alderbio Holdings 14
#42 Brian A. Nelson Zap Energy 14
#42 Donald R. Hall Applied Color Systems 14

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