Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, WA ranks #2,213 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,434 patents from 218 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, WA include Amazon, Microsoft, Acucela. That works out to 72.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 218 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael David Marr Amazon 227
2 Karsten Aagaard Microsoft 69
3 Ian L. Scott Acucela 57
#4 Todd L. Carpenter Microsoft 55
#5 Michael J. Conrad Microsoft 52
#6 Elric W. Saaski Research Intertional 51
#7 Robert James Jackson Microvision 39
#8 Donald A. Barnett Microsoft 34
#9 Christopher A. Hays Microsoft 32
#10 Kevin Cassady Viavi Solutions 30
#11 Jeremy Knudsen Microsoft 27
#12 Richard L. Hughes Microsoft 22
#13 Patrick B. Stone The Boeing 20
#13 Jari Honkanen Microvision 20
#15 Michael R. Turner IBM 19
#16 Quetzalcoatl Bradley Microsoft 18
#16 Bryan L. Sparrowhawk Leviton Manufacturing Co. 18
#18 Nils Peter Joachim Hansson IBM 16
#18 John E. Churchill Microsoft 16
#20 Scott A. Konersmann Microsoft 15
#21 David Mickelson Pioneer (Corteva) 14
#21 Don Barnett Microsoft 14
#21 Jack E. Freelander Microsoft 14
#24 Nitin Deshmukh AMD 12
#24 James D. Larson 12
#26 Christopher Pearce Physio-Control 11
#26 Ryan A. Haveson Microsoft 11
#28 Joseph R. Wade Powerware 10
#28 Jedd Perry Microsoft 10
#28 Michael D. Lubrecht Microsoft 10
#28 Graham Edward Fagg Microsoft 10
#32 Denise Maxine Hoekstra Micron 9
#32 Tibor A. Koncz The Boeing 9
#34 Brandon Allsop Microsoft 8
#34 William Coan Cingular Wireless Ii 8
#34 Kamal Siegel 8
#34 Stephan J. Favilla The Boeing 8
#38 Mark Gilstrap 7
#38 Keith Deacon Amazon 7
#38 Frank Larry Frederick Loud Technologies 7
#38 Adam Sadilek Aim Intelligent Machines 7
#38 Michael J. Myhre Rockwilli Rmr 7
#43 Walter A. Cooke Ntc Technology 6
#43 Michael Everett Crative 6
#43 Daniel L. M. Munro Precor Incorporated 6
#43 James E. Vasatka The Boeing 6
#43 James Shipley Ormco 6
#43 Marc Ryan Berner Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 6
#43 Timothy C. Shirley Avocent Redmond 6
#43 Taylor Stokes Kymeta 6

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