Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesa, AZ ranks #243 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 12,233 patents from 2,463 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesa, AZ include Cleversafe, onsemi, Guided Therapy Systems. That works out to 24.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,463 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy W. Markison Cleversafe 495
2 Gordon M. Grivna onsemi 220
3 Francis J. Carney onsemi 121
#4 Inder Raj S. Makin Guided Therapy Systems 110
#5 Vamsi K. Paruchuri IBM 88
#6 Ali Salih onsemi 78
#7 Chantal Arena Soitec 75
#8 Timothy A. Swann Trw Limited 71
#9 David A. Ruben Medtronic 70
#10 Kenneth C. Booth Taymac 69
#11 Stephen P. Adams Jst Performance 65
#12 Nahid Islam Andrew 63
#13 Bryan W. Shirk Trw Limited 60
#14 Robert G. Everts 59
#15 David G. Figueroa Intel 57
#16 Vijay K. Nair Intel 56
#17 Kalluri R. Sarma Honeywell 55
#17 Jiangqi He Intel 55
#19 Eric L. Upton Trw Limited 53
#20 Ryan Kaps Blast Motion 51
#21 Jorge E. Caviedes Intel 50
#21 Kevin D. Howard Massively Parallel Technologies 50
#23 Thomas M. King Motorola 49
#24 Rebecca A. Little State Farm 48
#24 Mark A. Hanchett Axon Enterprise 48
#26 Patrick L. Ohm Bell Automotive Products 47
#27 Richard J. Mazur Westinghouse Air Brake 46
#27 Nathan C. Summers State Farm 46
#27 Roy D. Van Wynsberghe Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 46
#30 Bruce A. Stevens Tk Holdings 45
#31 Steven Fink Tokyo Electron Limited 44
#31 Peter J. Zdebel Motorola 44
#31 Richard B. Fox Honeywell 44
#31 Christopher K. Y. Chun Motorla 44
#35 Bohumil Lojek Atmel 43
#36 Bruce A. Fette Motorola 42
#36 Jason Thomas Hubbell Incorporated 42
#38 Travis J. Miller National Oilwell Varco 41
#38 Paul T. Wingett Honeywell 41
#40 James E. Smith IBM 40
#40 Gary D. Hicok NVIDIA 40
#42 James P. Letterman, Jr. onsemi 39
#42 Timothy R. Ward Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 39
#44 David M. Susak Motorola 38
#45 James E. Holmes Edge 3 Technologies 36
#45 Hongjiang Song Intel 36
#47 Kennieth Neal Neal Technologies 35
#47 John J. Price, Jr. Vtc 35
#47 David Anderson Omnimount Systems 35
#50 Darren B. Remington Microsoft 34

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