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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Moab, UT ranks #9,907 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 203 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Moab, UT include Antennas Direct, L-3 Communications, University Of Utah. That works out to 37.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Edwin Ross, III Antennas Direct 52
2 Eric K. Hall L-3 Communications 32
3 David R. Hillyard University Of Utah 29
#4 William D. Homberg Rainin Instrument 21
#5 Gerard F. Klaes Esab Ab 9
#6 Eleanor Wink Jackson Maui Jim 6
#6 Douglas Kennedy 6
#8 Michael Merritt Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 5
#9 Joe D. Kingsley 4
#10 Mark A. Munt Medicine Lodge 3
#10 Richard P. Hatch 3
#10 LuDean Merritt 3
#10 David C. Cronk Hdt Expeditionary Systems 3
#10 Matthew Longson Summit Access 3
#15 Kyle Copeland 2
#15 Lijian Geng Cao Group 2
#15 Richard W. Baggett 2
#15 Ronald V. Plummer 2
#15 Rudolph S. Higgins Texasgulf 2
#20 Tom Smolkov 1
#20 Rholand D. Murphy 1
#20 Jerry O. Day, Sr. 1
#20 Harry L. Hutchins 1
#20 Jerry Frandsen 1
#20 Neldon L. Lemon 1
#20 Doug Kennedy 1
#20 Robert Norman 1
#20 Joseph M. Braley 1
#20 Clark H. Huff Texasgulf 1
#20 Jacob Lloyd Neet 1
#20 J. Keith Reidhead 1
#20 Tyson P. Cox 1
#20 Kenton E. Sutliff Kennecott Holdings 1

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