Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Glendale, AZ ranks #952 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,507 patents from 996 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Glendale, AZ include Eastman Kodak, Honeywell, Air Cool Industrial Co.. That works out to 14.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 996 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard A. Murray Eastman Kodak 68
2 Tiequn Qiu Honeywell 66
3 Jen-Lung David Tai Air Cool Industrial Co. 61
#4 William Bernard Lutz Corning Gilbert 55
#5 Russell W. Guenthner Bull Hn Information Systems 38
#6 Ernest Henry Wittenbreder, Jr. Technical Witts 35
#7 Paul Tamulewicz Petsmart Home Office 34
#8 Daniel L. Poole Irwin Industrial Tool 33
#9 Todd K. Roper Ionaer International Arizona 32
#9 Kenneth J. Taylor Emc 32
#11 Daniel Wilson State Farm 30
#12 Jon Kevin Ruterman American Express 29
#12 Paul R. D'Mura Rockwell Automation 29
#14 Elias S. Haim Honeywell 27
#15 Harald Mueller Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 26
#16 Patrick W. Kinzie Medtronic 24
#17 Richard D. Ridenour Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems 23
#17 Frank L. DeSomma Patriot Ordnance Factory 23
#17 Jonathan D. Roberts Sandcraft 23
#17 Andrew DongHo Kim Bank of America 23
#21 Sidney R. Smith Schering 21
#21 Tim Felke Honeywell 21
#21 James R. Troxel Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems 21
#21 Gary S. Kehoe Nabisco Brands 21
#25 James Umlauf 4Knines 20
#26 Kishore Tipirneni Orthoip 19
#27 Harold L. Swartz Sperry 18
#27 Zarita Norcross American Express 18
#29 Jason Pedersen Knox Associates 17
#29 Ayman Isaac Molex 17
#29 Norman Gerard Tarleton Honeywell 17
#32 Mitch Fletcher Honeywell 16
#32 Brent Morgan Kinematics 16
#32 Rodney S. Wright The Boeing 16
#32 David A. Egolf Bull Hn Information Systems 16
#32 Arthur J. Elftmann, Jr. 16
#37 Paul Buchele Honeywell 15
#37 Robert W. Norman, Jr. Honeywell 15
#37 Philip John Zucarelli Motorola 15
#37 Clinton B. Eckard Bull Hn Information Systems 15
#41 Jason Clark Thule Sweden Ab 14
#41 Dennis Duffy AT&T 14
#41 Carl Wagner Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 14
#41 Perry Pauley Ionaer International Arizona 14
#41 Nasser Saebi 14
#41 Trey Neemann American Express 14
#47 Andrew J. Cleland Medtronic 13
#47 Jerry L. Kindell Honeywell 13
#47 David Lauson Nortel Networks Limited 13
#47 David S Benavidez Cisco 13

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