Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT ranks #125 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 21,807 patents from 4,590 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salt Lake City, UT include Sarcos, Becton, Dickinson And, Ceramatec. That works out to 109.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 4,590 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen C. Jacobsen Sarcos 258
2 Jonathan Karl Burkholz Becton, Dickinson And 236
3 Ashok V. Joshi Ceramatec 157
#4 Sung Kyu Lee LG 126
#5 Fred P. Lampropoulos Merit Medical Systems 119
#6 Peter D. Saunders American Express 102
#7 Peter Kuo Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 100
#8 Jacobus Van der Merwe AT&T 92
#8 Ryan Hoobler The Code 92
#10 Mark A. Christensen Dp Technologies 91
#11 Joseph Orr Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 89
#12 John Howard Gordon Ceramatec 83
#13 Gordon A. Tibbitts Baker Hughes Holdings 78
#14 Mahesh V. Patel Lipocine 77
#15 Samuel C. Kingston L-3 Communications 74
#16 Tiffany Duhadway Walker Edison Furniture Company 71
#16 Robert Lee Angell IBM 71
#18 James Zhengshe Liu GE 69
#18 Marc X. Olivier Sarcos 69
#20 Can Cinbis Medtronic 68
#21 Carl A. Rupp Snowie 67
#21 Nachiappan Chidambaram Lipocine 67
#23 Baldomero M. Olivera University Of Utah 63
#23 Robert D. Cook Hydro-Aire 63
#25 Michael Colston Traeger Pellet Grills 62
#25 Zhigang Fang Smith International 62
#27 F. Mark Ferguson Specialized Health Products 61
#28 David Schurig The Invention Science Fund I 59
#29 Ingo Wald Intel 58
#30 Charles D. Ebert Theratech 56
#31 Steffan Sowards Bard Access Systems 55
#31 Gary J. Banik Wolverine World Wide 55
#31 Van L. Phillips Flex-Foot 55
#34 Sudhakar Kasina Neorx 52
#34 David McNally Domain Surgical 52
#36 Carl T. Wittwer University Of Utah 51
#37 Jeremy David Fillingim Passivelogic 50
#37 Beau Oyler Arlo Technologies 50
#37 Merle L. Walker Sorenson Ip Holdings 50
#40 Gary Millet Axcess Global Sciences 45
#40 Jeremy B. Cox C.R. Bard 45
#40 Davin Saderholm Morton International 45
#40 Elizabeth Egan Metcalf 3Form 45
#44 Charles H. Moore Vns Portfolio 44
#45 Peter-Pike Sloan Microsoft 43
#45 Kirk M. Ririe Biofire Diagnostics 43
#45 Patrice Lethellier Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification 43
#45 Sachin Dev Duggal Engineer.Ai Global Limited 43
#49 Robert L. Peterson Gatelink Aircraft Boarding Systems 42
#50 Laurence P. Sadwick Innosys Co. 40

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