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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pasco, WA ranks #5,185 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 509 patents from 159 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pasco, WA include Battelle Memorial Institute, Google, Mine Safety Appliances Company. That works out to 6.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 159 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alan H. Zacher Battelle Memorial Institute 30
1 Mark E. Gross Battelle Memorial Institute 30
3 David P. Chassin Battelle Memorial Institute 21
#4 James F. Kelly Google 17
#4 Mark Hall Mine Safety Appliances Company 17
#4 James Toth Tyco Electronics Co. 17
#7 J. Bradley Mason Electricite De France 15
#8 Francis Wilson Moore Harvestmoore, L.L.C. 14
#9 B. Peter McGrail Battelle Memorial Institute 12
#10 Daniel B. Anderson Battelle Memorial Institute 9
#10 Justin Scott Cadwell Laboratories 9
#12 Robert J. Geertsen Rec Silicon 8
#12 Bernard P. McGrail Battelle Memorial Institute 8
#14 John Bohannon Mason Depuy Ireland Unlimited 7
#14 Timothy E. Joseph Unknown 7
#14 Harold J. Manning Cerad Industries 7
#14 Del Lathim 7
#18 Alejandro Diaz Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 6
#18 David D. Rule Kilr-Chilr 6
#20 Scott Roberts Airbus Operations Limited 5
#20 David J. Barkhurst Siemens Power Corporation 5
#20 David Hurley Mohr And Associates 5
#20 Rajankumar Patel Group14 Technologies 5
#20 Peter C. Rieke Battelle Memorial Institute 5
#20 Andrey V. Liyu Battelle Memorial Institute 5
#20 Stephen H. Hall Battelle Memorial Institute 5
#27 Annalee Y. Tonkovich Battelle Memorial Institute 4
#27 George R. Alcorn Comcast 4
#27 Robert D. Wood Unknown 4
#27 Richard P. Colburn US Dept of Energy 4
#27 Tyler J. Gilmore Battelle Memorial Institute 4
#27 Thomas J Hoeft Tybalt 4
#27 Clyde E. Foster Comcast 4
#34 Kentin L. Alford Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 Gary L. Kiehl 3
#34 Eric Dysland Kurion 3
#34 Steve Woosley Kurion 3
#34 Duan Nguyen Mohr And Associates 3
#34 Joseph C. McDonald Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 Brandon Vazquez 3
#34 Matthew Ian Childers Basf Coatings Gmbh 3
#34 Stanley L. Owsley, JR. Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 Patrick R. Paulson Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 Ray Erbeznik Infinia 3
#34 John Oldham Her Majesty The Queen In The Right Of Canada, As Represented By The Minister Industry, Through The Communications Research Center Canada 3
#34 Jeremy R. Teuton Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 Wendy M. Maiden Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#34 David Meheen 3
#34 Kevin S. Rucker Boise Cascade 3
#34 Steve Witt Stanpac 3

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