Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santa Fe, NM ranks #1,082 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,146 patents from 601 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santa Fe, NM include IBM, Walker Digital, Electrocore. That works out to 36.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 601 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James R. Kraemer IBM 258
2 Andrew S. Van Luchene Walker Digital 166
3 Bruce J. Simon Electrocore 156
#4 James Stephen Fields, Jr. IBM 144
#5 Farhad Khosravi Incept 135
#6 Anthony S. Wagner Clean Technologies International 41
#7 Mark A. Stibich Xenex Disinfection Services 38
#7 Don M. Coates Chevron 38
#7 James A. Cooper Purdue Research Foundation 38
#10 Mark J. Cola Sigma Labs 36
#11 Daniel J. Kane The Boeing 35
#12 Rodolfo A. Martinez Los Alamos National Security 29
#12 Paul Kalenian Meltz 29
#14 Albert Migliori US Dept of Energy 27
#15 Charles R. Harrison Georgia-Pacific Gypsum 26
#16 Wayne K. Auge, II Nuortho Surgical 25
#17 Daniel Max Strongwater Apple 23
#17 Scott Betts Everi Payments 23
#19 Hermann Wollnik Shimadzu 22
#19 David Kucharczyk Vss Monitoring 22
#19 Olaf Martin Lubeck Lyft 22
#22 Alberto Castro Sigma Labs 21
#22 Michael Paul Humbert Otis Elevator 21
#22 Gerald L. Stolarczyk Stolar 21
#25 Paul A. Johnson Chevron 20
#26 Joseph Vargas Hand Held Products 19
#26 John C. Rodgers Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 19
#28 Fernando Garzon Los Alamos National Security 18
#28 Joel A. Silver Southwest Sciences Incorporated 18
#30 Alp T. Findikoglu Triad National Security 17
#30 Bruce McCormick Savsu Technologies 17
#30 Lars Jacquemetton Sigma Labs 17
#30 Stuart Kauffman Unknown 17
#34 David W. Beck Chevron 15
#34 Raymond Thorson Newell Los Alamos National Security 15
#34 Mark E. Pennell Apple 15
#34 Charles W. Robinson M Ship Co., Llc. 15
#34 Simon Stertzer Biocardia 15
#39 James W. Hill Unknown 14
#39 Glenn Wikle Sigma Labs 14
#39 Cleve Moler The Mathworks 14
#39 Andrew Ungerleider Earthstone International 14
#43 James Daniel Montoya Chevron 13
#43 Robert Stowers Reid Triad National Security 13
#45 Rodger D. Blake US Dept of Energy 12
#45 Kevin McCabe Los Alamos National Security 12
#45 Michael Phelan Drs Sustainment Systems 12
#45 Richard D. Cramer Tripos 12
#45 Marc A. Alvarez Los Alamos National Security 12
#45 Duncan McBranch University of California 12

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