Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maple Valley, WA ranks #2,245 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,408 patents from 309 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maple Valley, WA include Sensor International, Medtronic, Oracle. That works out to 50.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 309 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 N. Eric Knudsen 52
2 Gregory Heacock Sensor International 50
3 David L. Carlson Medtronic 46
#4 Thomas Baby Oracle 45
#5 Daniel J. Abbott Johnson & Johnson 43
#6 Harold R. Williams Johnson & Johnson 39
#7 Russell L. Keller The Boeing 31
#8 Clayton L. Munk The Boeing 27
#8 Gary D. Grayson The Boeing 27
#10 Adrian L. Stanescu Acushnet 26
#11 Larry Baldwin Voicebox Technologies 23
#12 Kevin D. Brune Google 22
#13 William Oren Wekell Spacelabs Healthcare L.L.C. 20
#14 Harshad N. Kamat Research In Motion Limited 18
#15 Matthew Ryan Jezorek Amazon 17
#15 Noel Timothy Gerken The Boeing 17
#17 Mark D. Horn RTX (Raytheon) 16
#18 Timothy Bayliss Merlin Technology 15
#18 James Mutton Akamai Technologies 15
#18 Thomas A. Dean The Boeing 15
#21 Stefan Kim Avalara 14
#22 Bruce A. Robinson Meta 13
#22 Roglenda R. Bowe The Boeing 13
#22 George Kychakoff Enertechnix 13
#25 Jeff D. Will The Boeing 12
#25 Paul S. Rutherford The Boeing 12
#27 Raymond Robert Ringhiser Microsoft 11
#27 Donald C. Clark Target Brands 11
#27 Tausif Husain Amazon 11
#30 Kevin Michael Bell The Boeing 10
#30 Robert Niblock Flow International 10
#30 Malcolm S. Bryant The Boeing 10
#30 Adam Keith Norman Blue Origin 10
#30 Russell C. McCrum The Boeing 10
#35 Huseyin Simitci Microsoft 9
#35 Shon Lonkar T-Mobile Usa 9
#35 Danny S. Barnes Microscan Systems 9
#35 Louise Ellen Culham Sensor International 9
#35 Alex M. Chillman Flow International 9
#40 Walter Riley Thurmond, III Ninjawav 8
#40 David Jaray Hanson Blackberry Limited 8
#40 A. Karl Corona T-Mobile Usa 8
#43 Albert Stewart Adt Services Gmbh 7
#43 Thomas J. Harleman The Boeing 7
#43 Benjamin J. Bunker Microsoft 7
#43 Joseph Warren The Boeing 7
#43 B. Alex Robinson 7
#43 Darin J. Arbogast The Boeing 7
#43 Matthew Niels Knudsen 7
#43 Ronald Samuel Barchi AT&T 7

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