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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gaston, OR ranks #11,452 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 163 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gaston, OR include Intel, Nike, Tektronix. That works out to 241.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ramesh Pendakur Intel 27
2 Paul Diglio Intel 22
3 Lester Q. Lee Nike 8
3 Bob Elkind Tektronix 8
#5 Rod Jones Cascade Microtech 6
#5 Robert W. Parish Tektronix 6
#7 Brian L. Corrie Tektronix 5
#7 M. David Swafford Tektronix 5
#7 Jason Wright Spireon 5
#10 Bruce H. Billett Intel 4
#10 Casey Fordyce 4
#12 David C. Rohrer Proform 3
#12 Rodney Jones Formfactor 3
#12 William Jackson Bibb, Jr. Cisco 3
#12 Karla Fisher Infocus 3
#12 Alan McConkie Intel 3
#12 Andrew Bartha 3
#12 Suzanne Taylor Intel 3
#12 Cal Peterson Nike 3
#12 David J. Jurgensen Tektronix 3
#21 Jon Ervin Nike 2
#21 Rick Scott Alvarado 2
#21 Vern Taute 2
#21 Joseph D. Shindler Intel 2
#21 Harold R. Frame Xerox 2
#21 Jerry Lee Nethken Anthro 2
#21 Susan Janet Riley Rolls-Royce Plc 2
#21 Rob J. Hensel Intel 2
#29 Harold (Hal) R. Frame Tektronix 1
#29 Aletha CARSON Mars, Incorporated 1
#29 Shirley B. Varum 1
#29 Bob Beauchaine Electro Scientific Industries 1
#29 Fred N. Eley 1
#29 Robert S. Riley Intel 1
#29 Leslie O. Payne 1
#29 Shirley Varnum 1
#29 Chris Turney 1
#29 Howard R. Elliott Panasonic 1
#29 Nader Rezvani Dci International 1
#29 Stony Darrel Yakovac Tektronix 1
#29 Marian E. Silberstein Intel 1
#29 James V. Butterfield 1
#29 Robert W. Bartel 1
#29 Lucille M. Binger 1
#29 Doug Pepper Freightliner 1
#29 Anthony Bouneff 1
#29 Robert J. Beauchaine Applied Materials 1
#29 James P. Kolousek Intel 1

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