Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Reno, NV ranks #209 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 13,901 patents from 2,043 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Reno, NV include Igt, Bally Gaming, Amazon. That works out to 52.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,043 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Binh T. Nguyen Igt 288
2 Robert A. Luciano, Jr. Bally Gaming 245
3 Kevin Higgins Igt 220
#4 Steven G. LeMay Igt 215
#5 Bryan D. Wolf Igt 186
#6 Vlad Vendrow Amazon 167
#7 Matthew C. Miller Johnson & Johnson 130
#8 Ryan Cuddy Igt 126
#9 Jeffery Shepherd Igt 112
#10 Mark L. Mathis Pneumrx 111
#11 Joseph R. Hedrick Igt 109
#12 Craig Paulsen Igt 108
#13 Sau C. Wong 107
#14 Luke W. Clauson Cardica 103
#15 Paulina Rodgers Igt 99
#16 Michael M. Oberberger Igt 95
#17 Bayard S. Webb Igt 92
#18 J. Carl Cooper Pixel Instruments 89
#19 Erik Petersen Igt 86
#20 Derek J. Lentz Seiko Epson 77
#21 Warren R. White Bally Gaming 73
#22 Douglas Michael Ackermann Oculeve 71
#23 Darren Maya Igt 70
#24 David A. Miceli Tri State Distribution 69
#25 Gregory Fischvogt Covidien Lp 68
#25 William H. Andrews Geron 68
#27 Chauncey W. Griswold Igt 67
#28 Dwayne A. Davis Igt 66
#29 Andrew J. Cleveland Server Technology 63
#30 Carrel W. Ewing Server Technology 61
#30 Kehl T. LeSourd Igt 61
#32 Michael Schaller Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology 60
#32 Willem P. C. Duyvesteyn Bhp Minerals International 60
#34 Orest Olejnik AbbVie 59
#35 Michael P. Casey Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 58
#36 Gordon Myers Bally Gaming 57
#37 Ronald Papson Igt 56
#38 Christopher W. Gabrys Indigo Energy 55
#39 Lance R. Peterson Igt 53
#40 Loren T. Nelson Bally Gaming 52
#41 Bruce A. Friedman GE 50
#42 Nicole M. Beaulieu Igt 49
#42 Allan C. Snippen Igt 49
#44 Michael A. Kerr Nexrf 48
#44 Kirk A. Tedsen Igt 48
#46 Cullen O'Day Igt 47
#47 Matthew Tarbox Igt 46
#47 Chris Peterson Igt 46
#49 Brett J. Carter Calibra Medical 45
#49 Warner Cockerille Igt 45

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