Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Langley, WA ranks #4,360 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 637 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Langley, WA include Magnolia Medical Technologies, The Boeing, Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated. That works out to 555.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jay Miazga Magnolia Medical Technologies 83
1 Seiya Sakurai The Boeing 83
3 Steven E. Ready Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 62
#4 Eric Moran Control Dynamics 19
#5 William A. Harkness The Boeing 16
#6 Jeffrey F. Williams Oxiscience 15
#6 Stanley W. Stawski The Boeing 15
#6 Bret Alan Bowers The Boeing 15
#9 Aydin Akdeniz The Boeing 13
#10 Donald McAfee Whitby Research 11
#10 Clay M. Thompson Cireca Theranostics 11
#10 J. Christopher Wagner Network Appliance 11
#10 Anthony C. Garland Fluke 11
#10 Bill R. Wade The J. M. Smucker 11
#15 Richard K. Johnson The Boeing 10
#15 Thelma L. Wade The J. M. Smucker 10
#17 Douglas S. York The Boeing 9
#17 Satoshi Akamatsu Nippon Steel 9
#17 Stephen Crane Brunswick 9
#17 Michael P. Snow The Boeing 9
#21 Spencer Worley Amazon 8
#21 Atsuhiko Yoshie Nippon Steel 8
#21 Ryan D. Parsell Microsoft 8
#21 Peter Q. Oakley Fluke 8
#25 Paul A. Ringsrud Fluke 7
#25 Masaaki Fujioka Nippon Steel 7
#25 Paul MATHEWS Biolux Research Holdings 7
#25 Allan Rettie University Of Washington 7
#29 George D. Hempstead The Boeing 6
#29 Peter Duncan Microsoft 6
#31 Christopher Wagner Network Appliance 4
#31 Charles P. Hensler AT&T 4
#31 Christopher Wagner BMW 4
#31 Steven E. Olsson Microsoft 4
#31 Marc A. Spane The Boeing 4
#31 Steve E. Olsson Microsoft 4
#37 Ronnie R. Moss B/E Aerospace 3
#37 J. Chris Wagner Netapp 3
#37 Wilbur D. Wilke Belshaw Bros. 3
#37 Karl E. Senser Unknown 3
#37 Douglas L. Sprung 3
#37 Niklas Erik Borson Microsoft 3
#37 Andrew Anthony Pillar The Boeing 3
#37 Addison M. Johnson 3
#37 Ron Moss Rockwell Collins 3
#37 Bruce Christofferson AT&T 3
#47 James Marquart 2
#47 Manolito E. Duncan Microsoft 2
#47 Duane G. Den Adel 2
#47 Daniel Thomson 2

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