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Meridian, ID All Time

6,590 patents  ·  654 inventors  ·  56.0/1k pop.

Ranked #500 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Meridian, ID ranks #500 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,590 patents from 654 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Meridian, ID include Micron, Gaming Arts, Union Oil Company Of California. That works out to 56.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 654 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Troy A. Manning Micron 321
2 Charles H. Dennison Micron 295
3 Mark E. Tuttle Micron 279
#4 John D. Hopkins Micron 247
#5 Werner Juengling Micron 240
#6 Luan C. Tran Micron 217
#7 Donald M. Morgan Micron 129
#8 Charles L. Ingalls Micron 126
#9 Owen R. Fay Micron 110
#10 Bret K. Street Micron 85
#11 David K. Ovard Micron 84
#12 Mark Fischer Micron 79
#13 Sanjay Tiwari Micron 74
#14 Kevin J. Torek Micron 72
#14 Eric D. Colvin Gaming Arts 72
#16 Garry Mercaldi Micron 65
#17 Darrell L. Gallup Union Oil Company Of California 61
#18 Ford B. Grigg Micron 60
#19 Mark D. Montierth Disney 57
#20 Jason B. Elledge Micron 56
#20 Mark Shaw HP 56
#22 Mark S. Johnson Micron 54
#23 Jeffery W. Janzen Micron 53
#24 Richard A. Mauritzson Aptina Imaging 50
#25 Marvin D. Nelson Honeywell 49
#26 David Y. Kao Micron 48
#26 Eric C. Browy Magic Leap 48
#28 Eric J. Stave Micron 47
#29 David S. Pratt Micron 46
#30 Hung-Wei Liu Micron 45
#31 Jonathan D. Harms Micron 44
#32 David Bruce Walker J.R. Simplot 43
#33 Troy D. Larsen Micron 41
#34 Guangjun Yang Micron 39
#35 Gordon D. Roberts Micron 37
#35 Scott D. Schellhammer Micron 37
#37 Cary J. Baerlocher Micron 35
#38 Doyle Rivers Micron 33
#38 Steven M. McDonald Micron 33
#40 Philip Campbell Micron 32
#40 Paul W. Poorman HP 32
#40 Farrell M. Good Micron 32
#40 Brad D. Rumsey Micron 32
#40 Sidney B. Rigg Micron 32
#45 Mike Jones Diebold 31
#46 Bingwu Liu Globalfoundries 30
#46 Robert L. Canella Micron 30
#46 Eric L. Andersen HP 30
#49 Robert W. Hergenrother Surmodics 29
#49 Christian M. Gyllenskog Micron 29

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