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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lewiston, ID ranks #12,141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 149 patents from 62 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lewiston, ID include Cisco, Coe Manufacturing, Alliant Techsystems. That works out to 4.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 62 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard L. House Cisco 13
1 Leonard L. Hayes Coe Manufacturing 13
3 Brett Olin Alliant Techsystems 7
3 Douglas M. Trout Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 7
#5 Paul Thacker Thermo Fisher 6
#5 Kenneth L. Alexander Omark Industries 6
#5 Joel J. Foley Vista Outdoor Operations 6
#8 Gerald L. Adcock 5
#8 James P. Ward Blount 5
#10 Lynne Guillot Potlach 4
#10 Neal Norris Alliant Techsystems 4
#12 Glen Dale Seekins 3
#12 Robert K. Bjerke Blount 3
#12 Sammy L. Zimmerman Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#15 Arlen Chaney Blount 2
#15 David Pankey 2
#15 Donald A. Zuck Blount 2
#15 Diane Holzer 2
#15 Richard A. Holzer 2
#15 Timothy X. Merritt 2
#15 Celeste Osborne Potlach 2
#15 Charles H. Blankenship Unknown 2
#15 Ronald G. Coffland 2
#15 Stephanie Picard Potlach 2
#15 Paul Riehl Potlach 2
#15 Edward Norbert Endebrock 2
#15 Justin Ruegsegger Vista Outdoor Operations 2
#15 Robert Winker Vista Outdoor Operations 2
#15 Bryan Cridlebaugh 2
#15 Kenneth P. Kees Blount 2
#31 Tex Law 1
#31 Nicholas R. Chance Potlach 1
#31 Timothy H. Switzer Potlach 1
#31 Kevin Gordon 1
#31 Rhonda Schneider 1
#31 Richard Wayne Lloyd 1
#31 Julio C. Moreno Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#31 Michael E. Stolp Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#31 Michael Arabi Clearwater Paper 1
#31 Adalbert A. Krampen Omark Industries 1
#31 Gifford W. Dundas 1
#31 David G. Sears 1
#31 Lou J. Renn, personal representative 1
#31 Darrel Johnson 1
#31 Donald G. Renn 1
#31 Ed Endebrock 1
#31 Jimmie E. Gregory 1
#31 Thad C. Brinkley 1
#31 Walter H. Stevens Blount 1
#31 David A. Imthurn Blount 1

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