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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gladstone, OR ranks #9,567 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 213 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gladstone, OR include Benchmade Knife Co., Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh, Novellus Systems. That works out to 17.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vance Collver Benchmade Knife Co. 20
2 Brian Theobald Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 19
3 Frederick Dean Wilmot Novellus Systems 17
#4 David H. Sturgis Precision Castparts 15
#5 Thomas M. Telford Warn Industries 13
#6 Daniel Ray Enyeart 12
#7 Kenneth R. Warner H&H Eco Systems 9
#8 Arlan Way Climax Portable Machine Tools 8
#9 Germain Louis Fenger Siemens Industry Software 7
#10 Elliot Bixby Riverpoint Medical 6
#10 Larry J. Gilmore 6
#12 John Charles Fuller Panavision 5
#13 Robert W. Prabucki 4
#13 R. Wayne Fields 4
#13 Dan Barton 4
#13 Jim Lacy 4
#17 Jeffrey Benjamin Leach Cascade Mountain Technologies 3
#17 Susan Philip Angiotrax 3
#17 Ronald G. Bennett Protocol Systems 3
#17 Philip J. Cronin, II Warn Industries 3
#17 Robert J. Penberthy Blount 3
#17 Marcus Hannon Geroux Shopper Scientist 3
#23 Tania M. Zirn IBM 2
#23 Ted R. Crego Precision Castparts 2
#23 David S. Macey 2
#23 David R. Smathers Unknown 2
#23 Daniel Havens Oracle 2
#23 Dane Nelson Wenzel Sharp Laboratories Of America 2
#23 W. Paul Boggs 2
#23 Patrick Ernest Reichner 2
#23 Tina M. Harwell Agrigenics 2
#23 Kevin J. Roethe 2
#23 Robert L. Grover 2
#34 John A. Rawitzer 1
#34 Christopher Goughnour Comscore 1
#34 Leandro Fajardo Globe-Union 1
#34 Charles E. Peairs 1
#34 Jared Taylor Sorenson 1
#34 Roger A. Swanson Precision Castparts 1
#34 Rodney R. Sharer 1
#34 Darla G. Sharer 1
#34 Brian L. Esquivel 1
#34 Helmut J. Putz 1
#34 Cynthia Carol Norton 1
#34 Andrew J. Esquivel 1
#34 Tom R. Mersereau Oregon Graduate Center 1
#34 Maria Magdalena Gagnier 1
#34 George H. Landreth 1
#34 James Kuehn 1
#34 Gabriele R. Holmes 1

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