Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mercer Island, WA ranks #397 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,955 patents from 829 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mercer Island, WA include Microsoft, Snowflake, HP. That works out to 309.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 829 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Carl J. Ledbetter Microsoft 249
2 Subramanian Muralidhar Snowflake 174
3 Christian L. Belady HP 170
#4 Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer Microsoft 148
#5 Yong Yuan Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 134
#6 Hok-Sum Horace Luke Gogoro 116
#7 Donna L. Polehn Verizon 111
#8 Mark S. Wilenski The Boeing 94
#9 Justin Esterberg Ix Innovation 88
#10 Gregory Michael Hart Amazon 82
#11 Eric Y. Chan The Boeing 75
#12 Timothy S. Paek Microsoft 72
#12 Marcello Lioy Qualcomm 72
#12 Calvin Yue-Ren Kuo Amazon 72
#15 Nicholas Patrick Wilt Microsoft 68
#16 Vinod Grover Microsoft 67
#16 Jyh-Han Lin Microsoft 67
#18 James D. Kelly Apple 66
#19 Sven Kratz Snap 65
#19 Jamie J. Childress The Boeing 65
#19 Paul G. Allen Digeo 65
#22 Hugues Hoppe Microsoft 63
#23 Michael Martin George Amazon 60
#23 Nasahn Adam Sheppard Cisco 60
#25 Michael P. Kozar The Boeing 57
#26 Gustavo Mehas Integrated Device Technology 56
#27 Robert L. Goodwin Amazon 55
#27 Paul Carter Genentech 55
#27 Antony S. Williams Microsoft 55
#27 Jeremy Boynes Amazon 55
#31 Christopher W. Brumme Microsoft 53
#32 Sen-itiroh Hakomori Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 50
#33 James Christopher Curlander Amazon 48
#34 Daniel Shapiro Glowforge 46
#34 Jie Hui T-Mobile Usa 46
#36 David R. Eyre Washington Research Foundation 45
#36 Douglas Stewart Laurence Amazon 45
#38 Todd D. Newman Canon 44
#38 Daniel J. Wright The Boeing 44
#40 James R. Larus Microsoft 43
#41 Anthony J. M. Garwood Safefresh Technologies, Llc. 42
#41 J. Nelson Wright Acuson 42
#43 Roger N. Johnson GE 41
#43 W. Michael Gallatin Icos 41
#45 Vignesh Sachidanandam Microsoft 40
#46 Marco Argenti Amazon 38
#46 Kenneth H. Grabstein Immunex 38
#48 Joseph Emil Gormley Haier Us Appliance Solutions 37
#49 Bruce W. McGaughy Cadence Design Systems 36
#49 Craig Wittenberg Microsoft 36

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