Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maricopa, AZ ranks #5,990 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 419 patents from 108 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maricopa, AZ include Sand 9, Microchip Technology Incorporated, Intel. That works out to 7.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 108 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Reimund Rebel Sand 9 32
2 Joseph Julicher Microchip Technology Incorporated 31
3 Anupama A. Thaploo Intel 24
#4 Dean A. Puerner Amp 21
#5 Mark V. Loen Isg Technologies 18
#6 Brandon Weber Microsoft 16
#7 Mark Richards He&M 14
#7 Mark S. Spencer W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 14
#7 Fred Newman Solaero Technologies 14
#7 Luis Tapia Honeywell 14
#11 Niels F. Jacksen Litton Systems 11
#12 Peter Anthony Settles Amsafe 10
#13 Flavio Ly Hau 9
#14 Daniel Nick Foubert Amsafe 8
#14 John M. Heieie Southeast Directional Drilling 8
#14 Stephen Otis Hickman Honeywell 8
#17 James H. Faust Abc Auto Alarms 7
#18 Robert J. Knorr 6
#18 Ashish Khanna Freeescale Semiconductor 6
#20 Dean Paavola Robertson Fuel Systems, L.L.C. 5
#20 Loren K. Aragon NVIDIA 5
#20 Hok-tung Wong Lattice Semiconductor 5
#23 Willis Lee PayPal 4
#23 John Scott Crockett Comtech Ef Data 4
#23 William Cope Qualcomm 4
#23 Stephen Michael Butler Biodel Ag 4
#23 Lance William Beem Biodel Ag 4
#23 Christopher Bahr Intel 4
#23 Victor S. Dunn Rca 4
#23 Jingkun Mao Amkor Technology 4
#31 Tiena Lou DuBois 3
#31 Adeline Rassas Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#31 Peter Rathfelder Qualcomm 3
#31 David P. Parker IBM 3
#31 Nicholas S. Shult Tessenderlo Kerley 3
#36 Joshua Samuel Drucker Bank of America 2
#36 Alberto Aguilera Microchip Technology Incorporated 2
#36 William Cope IBM 2
#36 Osborne A. Martin, III Intel 2
#36 Craig M. Aykroyd Denso 2
#36 Cris Holmes Amnio Technology 2
#36 Mitch Hensley 2
#36 Carlos Alzate Comcast 2
#36 Anthony Ivy Craft 2
#36 Susan Martha Brink 2
#36 Russell E. Prock Bridgestone 2
#36 Steven Lucas 2
#36 Nicolle Elise Mathews PayPal 2
#49 Sonny J. Randall Intel 1
#49 Jeffrey A. Fabrick USDA 1

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