Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Port Orchard, WA ranks #4,671 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 584 patents from 139 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Port Orchard, WA include Acorn Cardiovascular, HP, USAA. That works out to 37.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 139 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Clifton A. Alferness Acorn Cardiovascular 127
2 George Forman HP 83
3 Joel S. Hartshorn USAA 37
#4 Jesse Erasmus Hdt Bio 20
#5 Mathew Keith Gitchell Sinclair Broadcast Group 16
#6 Jan Urban Myriad Genetics 12
#6 Brian King Allison Advanced Development 12
#8 William M. Hansen Safe Boats International L.L.C. 11
#8 Ronald Keith Miller Miller Uk Limited 11
#10 Blake A. Bertrand The Boeing 10
#10 Daniel A. Young Motorola 10
#12 Michael D. McInnis The Boeing 9
#13 Jeffrey West Apple 8
#14 Michael P. Coffey Leader Manufacturing 6
#14 Jeffrey B. Maurer Amazon 6
#14 Sandra Schugren Edgate Correlation Services 6
#17 Randy Langer Lee Capital 5
#17 Michael F. Renkert 5
#17 Victor Wayne Croston Globe Machine Manufacturing 5
#17 Kenneth Curt Anderson White Consolidated Industries 5
#21 Norman L. Olson Contech Stormwater Solutions 4
#21 Dennis M. Summers Sonic Solutions 4
#21 Richard M. Sutherland The Boeing 4
#21 Yuri Brigance 4
#21 Jonathan Robert Bush Amazon 4
#21 Kevin G. Shumway 4
#27 Dean Brady Cargill, Incorporated 3
#27 James C. Manlove Unknown 3
#27 Donald Allen Spurgeon The Boeing 3
#27 Adam Knauff Microsoft 3
#27 Gordon J. Laskowski US Air Force 3
#27 Craig L. Sorensen Honda Giken Koygo 3
#27 Lance Young 3
#27 Charles Parsons Situs 3
#27 Howard HUGHES Microsoft 3
#27 Michael D. Walch Magnum Venus Products 3
#27 Dan Scott Allison Alderbio Holdings 3
#38 Richard H. Langford, II 2
#38 Nathan C. Crews, IV 2
#38 Stanley H. Axelrod Unknown 2
#38 Randall Cox 2
#38 William A. McMoore 2
#38 Jay W. Freeland Faro Technologies 2
#38 Douglas George Orman Leonard Adp Dealer Services 2
#38 R. Scott Butner Battelle Memorial Institute 2
#38 Terry Y. Yamamoto 2
#38 Dennis M. Sumners Adaptec 2
#38 Harry B. Todd 2
#38 John Garoutte Concurrent Technologies 2
#38 Russell E. Frink Siemens-Allis 2

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