Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kent, WA ranks #811 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,165 patents from 929 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kent, WA include The Boeing, Mikron Industries, Honeywell. That works out to 30.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 929 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian J. Tillotson The Boeing 156
2 Jeffrey R. Franson Mikron Industries 130
3 Kurtis S. Willden The Boeing 78
#4 Kevin J Conner Honeywell 72
#5 Charles L. Tilton Isothermal Systems Research 60
#6 Kenneth H. Griess The Boeing 50
#7 Richard D. Jones The Boeing 44
#8 Brent L. Hadley The Boeing 41
#9 Julio A. Navarro The Boeing 39
#10 Anthony W. Siadak Zymogenetics 35
#11 Teresa A. Oliver Mikron Industries 34
#12 Robert M. Fuller Aspect Telecommunications 33
#13 Jeremiah H. Nguyen AbbVie 32
#14 Donald E. Tilton Isothermal Systems Research 31
#14 Ryan D. Hale The Boeing 31
#16 Scott Phillips Merlin Technology 30
#16 Robert B. Brown Fresh Products 30
#18 Joseph A. Marshall The Boeing 29
#18 Dennis P. Sarr The Boeing 29
#20 Lance Douglas Pitt Telecommunication Systems 28
#21 Edmund Y. Ting Flow International 27
#21 Timothy J. Johnson Ncs Multistage 27
#23 John A. Mittleider The Boeing 25
#23 Michael A. Lee The Boeing 25
#25 David L. White Eastman Kodak 24
#26 Joseph Baird T-Mobile Usa 23
#26 William Brinton Zonar Systems 23
#26 James Steele Utilx 23
#29 Ronald J. Kuse Intermolecular 21
#29 Keith Reichow Stress-Tek 21
#29 Moushumi Shome The Boeing 21
#29 Yuqiu Jiang Corixa 21
#29 Giovanni Nino Quest Integrated 21
#29 Phillip Dewayne Bondurant Quest Integrated 21
#35 Eric T. Easterbrook Stresswave 20
#35 John Lindbo Large Scale Biology 20
#35 David Bashford Lasermotive 20
#35 Charles M. Richards The Boeing 20
#39 Shangyuan Huang Lightel Technologies 19
#39 Patrice K. Ackerman The Boeing 19
#41 Robert Snyder The Boeing 18
#41 Louis R. Piloco Neopath 18
#41 Michael King Zonar Systems 18
#44 Michael D. Evans AT&T 17
#44 Megan N. Watson The Boeing 17
#46 Peter T. Heisen The Boeing 16
#46 Khanh Mai Pham The Boeing 16
#46 Quang Huy Nguyen AMD 16
#46 Keith Mullins Microsoft 16
#50 David G. Beal Storage Technology 15

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