Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hilo, HI ranks #7,491 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 304 patents from 65 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hilo, HI include Precor Incorporated, Target Brands, Fall Creek Farm And Nursery. That works out to 6.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 65 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sean K. Horita Precor Incorporated 53
2 Terry J. Scheffer 41
3 Blake M. Johnson Target Brands 32
#4 Peter Stefan Boches Fall Creek Farm And Nursery 26
#5 Jeffrey Pearce Guardtime Ip Holdings Limited 17
#6 Noel Morin Ebay 11
#7 Patrick S. Morrison AT&T 10
#8 Corinne C. Akatsuka Alderbio Holdings 9
#9 Robert L. Santiago Broadcom 8
#10 Roy T. Cunningham USDA 7
#11 Yutaka Hayano Inter-University Research Institute Coporation National Institutes Of Natural Sciences 6
#12 Theodore M. Williams 5
#13 Kwan C. Kim Baxter International 4
#13 Dianqing Sun University Of Hawaii 4
#13 Gustavo Fermin-Munoz Cornell Research Foundation 4
#13 Bernard A. Kratky University Of Hawaii 4
#17 Fred E. Mehr 3
#18 Bruce K. Kawamura Unknown 2
#18 David Shiigi 2
#18 Nicanor J. Liquido USDA 2
#18 Grant Shiroma University Of Hawaii 2
#18 Carl L. Carrillo 2
#18 Carol V. Gonsalves Cornell Research Foundation 2
#18 Shin Oya Inter-University Research Institute Coporation National Institutes Of Natural Sciences 2
#18 Brian T. Selden Synopsys 2
#18 Harold Kim Chime Financial 2
#18 Thomas J. Bello 2
#18 Robert T. Wyman 2
#18 Mark Hruska Onset Computer Corporations 2
#30 Jon Suzuki Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 1
#30 Robert K. Mishima 1
#30 Maria Short 1
#30 Levaina Coyaso 1
#30 Tom F. Saccomanno 1
#30 Richard Coyaso 1
#30 Joshua Santos 1
#30 Ko Wen-hsiung 1
#30 Tokuso Taniguchi 1
#30 Harold T. Tanouye 1
#30 Ray Fornof 1
#30 Warren H. Buser 1
#30 Marcel Tsangmuichung Louisiana State University Agricultural And Mechanical College 1
#30 Elizabeth R. Whitney 1
#30 Sean Birmingham 1
#30 Michael Roy Hinman 1
#30 Russell Idehara 1
#30 Leng Chee Chang University Of Hawaii 1
#30 Alton Y. Nakamichi 1
#30 Maddyson Jeske 1
#30 Gaillane Maehira University Of Hawaii 1

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