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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, UT ranks #8,254 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 265 patents from 46 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, UT include Schlumberger Technology, Megastir Technologies, Us Synthetic. That works out to 28.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–46 of 46 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Francis Leany Schlumberger Technology 46
2 Russell J. Steel Megastir Technologies 38
3 Cody William Knuteson Us Synthetic 21
3 Ryan Crawford Wing Enterprises, Incorporated 21
#5 Gary Peterson Schlumberger Technology 19
#6 Ian Stiles Ancestry.Com Operations 11
#7 Keith Sterling Johnson Heat Source Energy 8
#8 Howard Rollin Davis Novell 7
#8 Jeffrey Scott Whiting Qualtrics 7
#8 Gary J. Konzak Handi Quilter 7
#11 Michael V. Halliday 6
#12 Paul J. Christensen 4
#12 Quinn Snell GE 4
#12 Vern W. Bangerter Moxtek 4
#12 Steven R. Halliday 4
#12 Jennifer Briggs 4
#12 Roland D. Whatcott Broadcom 4
#12 Gifford L. Briggs 4
#19 William P. Ellenberger 3
#19 Alan H. Glenn Flowserve Management 3
#19 Keith Alan Murphy 3
#19 Brian F. Loader U-Tec Group 3
#19 Bradford James Brown Atl Technology 3
#24 Charles D. Knutson Brigham Young University 2
#24 Jason Wesley Robbins 2
#24 Hugh C. Davis 2
#24 Russell D. Thurgood Goal Zero 2
#24 David S. Crawford Moxtek 2
#24 Kenneth Alden Thurston Flowserve Management 2
#24 Brook H. Knotts 2
#24 Bruce Warner Thorne Novell 2
#32 Ryan L. Snow 1
#32 Philip Randolph 1
#32 Lara Ann Myers 1
#32 Brent A. Makin 1
#32 Nathan Berrett 1
#32 David Lee KOOYMAN Brigham Young University 1
#32 Mary Sivertsen 1
#32 Gary Sivertsen 1
#32 Jordan T Leany 1
#32 Edward L. Paxton 1
#32 Joseph A. LaFontaine 1
#32 Russel Thurgood Goal Zero 1
#32 Kory Tanner 1
#32 Russell I. Hanson 1
#32 Ryan Remkes 1

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