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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ketchum, ID ranks #6,914 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 345 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ketchum, ID include Carrier, Rocky Research, Smith Optics. That works out to 97.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kevin D. Thompson Carrier 41
2 Lance D. Kirol Rocky Research 36
3 Michael Aaskov Smith Optics 20
#4 Paul Fuller Micron 17
#5 Gregory Thomas Van Der Meulen Bioshift 16
#6 Michael Wise Turner Broadcasting System 13
#7 Randall Lane Acker Bioshift 12
#7 Jake Peters Decked 12
#9 Scott M. Boyer Answer Products 11
#10 George T. Giroux Smith Optics 10
#11 James Sedin Cms Products 9
#12 Timothy Mott Amazon 8
#13 Scott Jordan Schneider Electric Usa 6
#13 John E. Carroll Nortel Networks Limited 6
#13 William Cardozo 6
#13 Brian Ross Eye Safety Systems 6
#17 Nicholas Harman 5
#17 Jeremy Hadden Oakley 5
#17 Casey Finegan 5
#17 Joel Cater Oakley 5
#21 David T. Robrahn Scott Usa 4
#21 Daniel S. Fuhrman 4
#21 Fred F. Grabos, Jr. Smith Sport Optics 4
#21 Thomas P. Casey Brunswick 4
#21 Dave Windham Bell Automotive Products 4
#26 Guy Hansen 3
#26 Calvin Allan Decked 3
#26 Donald C. Hodge 3
#26 Lance Meller Decked 3
#26 Eric Andrew Dobbie 3
#26 Edward L. Scott 3
#26 Mike Hattrup Decked 3
#33 Charles H. Corwin 2
#33 William J. Nurge 2
#33 Jim Sedin Cms Products 2
#33 Marissa Patricia Dreyer Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 2
#33 John A. Balint 2
#33 Marcia Pierson Hart 2
#33 Scott M. Watanabe Scott Usa 2
#33 Eric Jadallah Otto 2
#33 Scott MacGuffie Smith Optics 2
#33 John Donald Jacoby 2
#33 George V. Dondero Smith Sport Optics 2
#33 Robert L. Newcomb Smith Sport Optics 2
#33 Tim Mott Amazon 2
#33 Dana F. Bovee 2
#33 Charles S. French Oneida 2
#33 Edmund L. Flory 2
#49 Scott Pertel 1
#49 Matthew Ryan Beechinor 1

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