Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orem, UT ranks #758 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,476 patents from 913 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orem, UT include Actel, Dish Technologies L.L.C., Quorum International. That works out to 45.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 913 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John McCollum Actel 159
2 Robert Drew Major Dish Technologies L.L.C. 76
3 Aaron Johnson Quorum International 68
3 Larry L. Howell Brigham Young University 68
#5 Larry Baxter Sustainable Energy Solutions 60
#6 S. Barrett Peterson Us Synthetic 58
#7 Kirk Ouimet Snap 56
#8 Jeremy Ray Brown Novell 47
#9 Russell R. Stringham Broadcom 44
#10 Mohammad N. Sani Us Synthetic 42
#11 Thomas D. Dickson, Jr. Blendtec 41
#12 Michael Black Reliant Laser 40
#13 Todd P. Seager IBM 38
#13 Matthew R. Linford Brigham Young University 38
#15 H. Tracy Hall, Jr. Intel 37
#16 Brian D. Jensen Intuitive Surgical 36
#17 Brett Michael Error Adobe 35
#18 Rongbin Lanny Lin Vivint 34
#19 Jeremy C. Smith Snaprays 33
#20 John Craig Cheney Zagg Amplified 32
#20 Yahua Bao Smith International 32
#22 Dean Robert Gary Anderson Unknown 31
#23 Mark Muhlestein Network Appliance 30
#24 J. W. Randolph Miller Syk Technologies 29
#24 Kenneth M. Jensen Diamicron 29
#26 Joshua L. Montgomery Xatra Fund Mx 27
#26 Georgiy Voronin Smith International 27
#28 Lee Edward Lowry Novell 26
#28 Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll Vivint 26
#30 Douglas Garry Earl Novell 25
#31 Brian Albert Wittman AT&T 24
#31 Alan B. Butt Crimson Consulting Limited 24
#33 William Street Novell 23
#34 Christopher Reid Error Adobe 22
#34 Christian Hansen Maxygen 22
#34 Jeffery Devon Lewis Xactware Solutions 22
#34 David Baum Texas Instruments 22
#38 Michael James Gleason Us Synthetic 21
#39 Daniel S. Sanders Novell 20
#40 Xian Yao Smith International 19
#41 Chris Quinn Intuit 18
#41 Daryl J. Tichy Solutions Biomed 18
#43 Donald D. Parker Intel 17
#43 Brian Jensen Novell 17
#43 David W. Farley Fluke 17
#43 Brian Douglas Minert Incontact 17
#43 Joel Leslie Smith IBM 17
#43 Brian Palmer Broadcom 17
#43 Brian Hullinger Probst Cruxcase 17
#50 Xiaobin Lu Varel International Ind., L.L.C. 16

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