Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Los Alamos, NM ranks #675 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,974 patents from 1,308 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Los Alamos, NM include Emc Ip Holding Company, Nike, Los Alamos National Security. That works out to 377.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,308 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John M. Bent Emc Ip Holding Company 109
2 Mark J. Smith Nike 64
3 Quanxi Jia Los Alamos National Security 50
#4 Benjamin P. Warner Icagen 46
#5 Melissa D. Boyd 42
#6 Bette T. Korber Duke University 41
#7 Robert E. Riley Basf Se 36
#8 Andrew Sutton Quadrant Healthcare (Uk) Limited 32
#8 Richard T. Sayre Trait Biosciences 32
#8 Gary Grider Los Alamos National Security 32
#8 Paul N. Arendt Los Alamos National Security 32
#12 Robert G. Hockaday Energy Related Devices 30
#13 Martin S. Piltch Sigma Labs 29
#14 Cristian Pantea Triad National Security 27
#14 Stephen R. Foltyn University of California 27
#16 Robert A. Hoffman Becton, Dickinson And 26
#17 Neal R. Pederson Automotive Test Solutions 25
#17 Richard Herbst US Dept of Energy 25
#17 Mahlon S. Wilson University of California 25
#20 Gregory W. Swift University of California 24
#21 Richard John Hughes Los Alamos National Security 23
#21 T. Mark McCleskey Los Alamos National Security 23
#21 Daniel Seitz Triad National Security 23
#24 Jane Elizabeth Nordholt Los Alamos National Security 22
#24 Stephen Judd Los Alamos National Security 22
#24 Jeremy A. Landt Amtech 22
#27 Darren Naud Dmd Systems 21
#27 Nicholas Dallmann Triad National Security 21
#27 Louis A. Silks University of California 21
#27 Christopher L. Morris Los Alamos National Security 21
#27 Michael A. Hiskey University of California 21
#27 Clifford J. Unkefer University of California 21
#27 Melvin L. Prueitt University of California 21
#34 Daniel J. Simpson Promega 20
#34 Eva R. Birnbaum Icagen 20
#36 Charles Glen Peterson Los Alamos National Security 19
#36 Pat J. Unkefer Los Alamos National Security 19
#36 Hsing-Lin Wang University of California 19
#36 Pierre-Yves Le Bas Chevron 19
#36 David E. Chavez University of California 19
#36 Steven Wayde Graves Los Alamos National Security 19
#42 Duncan W. MacArthur University of California 18
#42 Basil I. Swanson University of California 18
#42 Robert Guyer Chevron 18
#42 Barbara F. Smith University of California 18
#46 Jen-Huang Huang Triad National Security 17
#46 Robert F. Williams Triad National Security 17
#46 Rebecca L. E. Miller Icagen 17
#46 John C. Gordon Triad National Security 17
#46 Aaron Torres Emc 17

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