Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Payson, AZ ranks #16,156 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 94 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Payson, AZ include Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Pulse, Dynamics. That works out to 5.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Arlen Draper Driscoll Strawberry Associates 24
2 David A. Mirko Pulse 8
3 Michael T. Wallace Dynamics 7
#4 John H. Koester 5
#5 Larkin Palmer 4
#5 Jeffery Luke Ashby 4
#7 Danny A. Armstrong 3
#7 Marius Grobler Pulse 3
#9 William E. Carns Motorola 2
#9 Christopher J. Schur Nidec Motor 2
#9 Ronald Nasco 2
#9 Timothy A. Shaw 2
#9 Garrett M. Goldman 2
#14 Kyle Reese Randall 1
#14 Roger Buchanan 1
#14 Colt Bailey Skinner 1
#14 Linda Harkins 1
#14 Dale A. Earl 1
#14 Gina Perkes 1
#14 Larry L. Sheehan 1
#14 Gregory Biltz 1
#14 Joseph Joynt 1
#14 Matthew C. Ceriani 1
#14 Darryl R. Johnston 1
#14 John Spencer Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#14 William Haucke 1
#14 Matthew S. Ceriani 1
#14 Judson L. Bowers 1
#14 Nancy L Doolittle 1
#14 Norval J. Hillmer 1
#14 Jeffery D. Orr 1
#14 Bert Sprague 1
#14 Kevin Mootsey 1
#14 Donna G. Everhart 1
#14 Robert N. McClellan 1
#14 Leslie A. Dickey 1
#14 William K. Meyers 1
#14 Donald G. Wilfong 1
#14 Edward J. Atchison 1

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