Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gresham, OR ranks #2,393 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,309 patents from 243 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gresham, OR include IBM, Zhejiang Zhengte Co., onsemi. That works out to 11.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 243 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey P. Gambino IBM 584
2 Dee Volin Zhejiang Zhengte Co. 57
3 David T. Price onsemi 39
#4 Keith S. Warren J. Frank Schmidt & Son 27
#5 Howard G. Berg Leatherman Tool Group 20
#6 David J. Weisgerber The Procter & Gamble 18
#7 Eric Johnson Computational Systems 14
#8 Mark Cheyne Esco Group 13
#9 Mark Jones Innovation 12
#10 Bruce Greenwood onsemi 10
#10 Craig A. Clark Warn Industries 10
#10 James D. Buehler Tektronix 10
#10 Steven Dodson Lumetique 10
#10 Darren Michael Wood Adidas Ag 10
#10 David J. Sturtevant Lsi 10
#10 Melissa M. Cunningham Gen-Probe Incorporated 10
#17 Hongqiang Lu 9
#18 Christopher M. Walthers Cascade 8
#18 Sallie Hose onsemi 8
#18 David Albers Shopper Scientist 8
#18 Hiroshi Morihara Advanced Silicon Materials 8
#22 Ernest W. Brown International Paper 7
#22 William K. Barth 7
#22 Masaichi Eda 7
#22 Max Strasburg Nantero 7
#26 Richard M. Roche Fps 6
#26 Roy Duane Archibald Insite Vision Incorporated 6
#26 Greg Pierson Innovation 6
#26 Dean Clark Jordan Cascade 6
#26 Kenneth Martin Bliley Technologies 6
#26 Ponce Saopraseuth 6
#32 Lon H. McCarty Econo Max Manufacturing 5
#32 Ernesto A. Garay 5
#32 Paul D. Clark Microsoft 5
#32 Jeffrey J. Gradwohl JPMorgan Chase 5
#32 James Garvin Cornell Pump Company 5
#37 Richard Fieldhouse Air Vent 4
#37 Melanie Crites-Bachert 4
#37 Matthew Boyd Applied Materials 4
#37 Mark A. Borski Lavalley Industries 4
#37 Richard H. Crampton 4
#37 Richard A. Romaine 4
#37 Christopher Giddings 4
#37 Matthew O'Brien Mccue 4
#37 Kevin Black Moxtek 4
#37 Jeffrey KNAPP Ideal Power 4
#37 Ynhi Le 4
#37 Roger Fowler IBM 4
#49 Joseph B. Crover 3
#49 James Mihm Intel 3

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