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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Philomath, OR ranks #4,953 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 540 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Philomath, OR include HP, Luminar Technologies, onsemi. That works out to 100.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph M. Torgerson HP 66
2 Joseph G. LaChapelle Luminar Technologies 58
3 Jeffery Beck onsemi 44
#4 Daniel W. Petersen HP 36
#5 David Maxfield HP 28
#6 Daniel A. Kearl HP 26
#7 David M. Schut HP 24
#8 Kevin G. Currans HP 22
#9 George C. Ross HP 17
#9 Timothy F. Myers HP 17
#11 Gregory Blythe HP 11
#12 Charles W. Gilson Videojet Technologies 9
#13 Jed N. Hassinger Sarepta Therapeutics 8
#13 Steven Carpenter HP 8
#15 William H. Dillon Savant Systems 7
#15 Patrick Svoboda Hollingsworth & Vose 7
#17 James P. Karbowski White'S Electronics 6
#17 Robert E. Jilek Inpria 6
#17 Donald S. Peterson Spectra-Physics 6
#20 Ben Bristol Nuscale Power 5
#20 Patrick G Mahoney HP 5
#20 Thomas Ottenheimer HP 5
#20 William Keese HP 5
#20 Steven Ringwald Carrier 5
#25 William G. McDougal University of Florida 4
#25 Danylo B. Oryshchyn Jupiter Oxygen 4
#25 Kristina Remple Thermo Fisher 4
#25 Anna E. Garrison Home Dialysis Plus 4
#25 Carrie Roberts HP 4
#25 Glen A. Hopkins 4
#25 Danylo B. Oryschyn Jupiter Oxygen 4
#25 Dennis Robert Engelbrecht onsemi 4
#33 Christopher L. Browne 3
#33 Mark T. Hardin HP 3
#33 Jim Przybyla HP 3
#33 Mervin J. Moldowan 3
#33 Christopher A. Leonard HP 3
#38 Samuel Peter Grimm Vadient Optics 2
#38 Otto Gygax HP 2
#38 Alan T. Davis HP 2
#38 Leonard A. Rosi 2
#38 Kirsten Louthan Inpria 2
#38 Seth David Sokoloff 2
#38 William G. Dougherty State Of Oregon Acting By And Through The State Board Of Higher Ed. On Behalf Of Oregon State Univ. 2
#38 Chris Mosbrucker Lucidyne Technologies 2
#38 Joe LaChapelle Voxtel 2
#38 Charlie W. Gilson 2
#38 Valerie A. Bach 2
#38 Ella M. Duyck 2
#50 Charles J. Goetzinger 1

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