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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hailey, ID ranks #9,632 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 211 patents from 54 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hailey, ID include E. I. Spectra, Smith Optics, Aegis Industries. That works out to 23.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 54 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Harold E. Ayliffe E. I. Spectra 30
2 Joseph R. McNeal Smith Optics 25
3 Kenneth J. Stethem Aegis Industries 15
#4 Aaron Taylor Oakley 13
#5 Donald Stewart Anson Women'S And Children'S Hospital 11
#6 Tasche Streib Decked 9
#7 Carl A. Carlson Unknown 8
#7 Trevor Tollefsbol Transtector Systems 8
#7 Aaron K. Taylor Cannondale 8
#10 John A. Perigo Odin Developments Limited 7
#11 Aaron Taylor Bushnell 5
#11 Dan C. Lennon 5
#13 Michael D. Frantz Frantz Design Incorporated 4
#13 Rodney W. Fox 4
#13 Clarence W. McQueen 4
#16 Dan Freeman Grain Processing 3
#16 William K. Nichols 3
#16 Danny Moore 3
#19 Robert Commons 2
#19 Arthur L. McCracken 2
#19 Sara A. Dorland Memtec 2
#19 Krystal B. Swank 2
#19 Amanda McKown O'Grady Lovevery 2
#19 Randy Forgeon 2
#19 Russell Williams Santa Clara University 2
#19 Nathaniel Hopkins Haskell 2
#19 Douglas Harold NIEDRICH 2
#19 Christie Haugh 2
#29 Craig R. Boris 1
#29 Marshall J Pettygrove Unknown 1
#29 Renae K. Spaulding 1
#29 Clarence W Mc Queen 1
#29 Rex A. Robinson 1
#29 Larry Weinberger 1
#29 Owen Downard 1
#29 Kim Nilsen 1
#29 Bruce Mallea 1
#29 Kenneth L. Tucker 1
#29 Judith M Carel 1
#29 Robert B. Siperly 1
#29 Evan Downard 1
#29 Rick J. Parker 1
#29 Trevor O. Tollefspol Gsi Outdoors 1
#29 Esteban Palencia Hurtado Boise State University 1
#29 Jett ERICKSON 1
#29 Joan Scheingraber 1
#29 Wilfred T. Lemon 1
#29 James R. Savaria 1
#29 Jesse L. Vint 1
#29 George Hartdegen, Jr., deceased 1

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