Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nampa, ID ranks #1,118 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,011 patents from 306 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nampa, ID include Micron, August Home, Seminis Vegetable Seeds. That works out to 30.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 306 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Warren M. Farnworth Micron 778
2 David J. Corisis Micron 312
3 Brian A. Vaartstra Micron 163
#4 Dean D. Gans Micron 151
#5 Greg A. Blodgett Micron 112
#6 Jason Johnson August Home 104
#7 Kendell B Hellewell Seminis Vegetable Seeds 79
#8 Philip J. Ireland Micron 69
#9 Ross S. Dando Micron 62
#10 Jeffrey S. McNeil Micron 55
#11 Todd R. Abbott Micron 52
#12 Peter Reisen Forage Genetics International 49
#13 Andrew Bicksler Micron 44
#14 Mark Tracy Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics 27
#15 John M. Forsythe IBM 21
#15 Allen J. Neel J.R. Simplot 21
#17 Elsie de la Garza Villarreal Micron 20
#18 Daniel James Wahlquist Syngenta Participations Ag 18
#18 Shane Christopher Dittrich House Of Design 18
#20 Leo Berger Hoffmann-La Roche 17
#21 David J. Kubista Micron 16
#21 Richard C. Hawthorne Micron 16
#23 William R. Stephenson Micron 15
#23 Loriston Ford Micron 15
#23 Nathan Chrisman Disney 15
#23 Michele Gardiner Syngenta Participations Ag 15
#27 William A. Lynch US Air Force 14
#27 Blaine J. Thurgood Micron 14
#29 Casey Prindiville Micron 12
#29 Kenneth Christensen Hm.Clause 12
#29 Thomas Callahan Amsted Rail Company 12
#32 John Davlin Micron 11
#32 Joe Lee Phillips Micron 11
#32 Kristopher Ryan Okelberry House Of Design 11
#32 Doug Rollins Micron 11
#32 Charles E. Larson Micron 11
#32 Dennis D. Elledge Micron 11
#38 Liam Yarbrough Vista Outdoor Operations 10
#38 Ralph M. Chitwood Glacier Cross 10
#38 Jeff A. McClain Micron 10
#41 Michael Phillips Lexmark International 9
#41 Saeed Momenpour Micron 9
#41 John A. Ransom Ixys Ch Gmbh 9
#44 George Jamison Alliance Packaging 8
#44 Ernie L. Deacon Softspikes 8
#44 Evanson G. Baiya Applied Materials 8
#44 Daniel L. McCoy 8
#44 Richard L. Rose Barnhardt Manufacturing 8
#44 Andrew James Weiler Idaho Scientific 8
#50 Eric Matthews Micron 7

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