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Seattle, WA All Time

134,987 patents  ·  21,776 inventors  ·  183.2/1k pop.

Ranked #32 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

Seattle, WA ranks #32 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 134,987 patents from 21,776 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seattle, WA include Amazon, Zymo Research, A-Alpha Bio. That works out to 183.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 13,251–13,300 of 21,776 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#10473 Aaron Mohrman Amazon 2
#10473 Jonathan A. CLAYPOOL Zymo Research 2
#10473 Phillip H. Keung Amazon 2
#10473 Hamrit Sidhu Amazon 2
#10473 Emily Engelhart A-Alpha Bio 2
#10473 Nakul Dahiwade Amazon 2
#10473 Deborah A. Alterman Lockheed Martin 2
#10473 Ellen Steele Microsoft 2
#10473 Nicodemus Paradiso Glowforge 2
#10473 Purin Phanichphant International Truck Intellectual Property Company 2
#10473 James W. Flewelling — 2
#10473 Penelope Ackerman Glowforge 2
#10473 Kim R. Folger-Bruce — 2
#10473 Pieter Charles Jas Svenson Ocient Holdings 2
#10473 Michael P. Layng — 2
#10473 Michael R. Severance University Of Washington 2
#10473 Thomas J. Montgomery Salesforce 2
#10473 Benjamin Joseph Tobin Amazon 2
#10473 Joan Tupper — 2
#10473 Adam Huson F5 2
#10473 Shaun N. G. Hughes — 2
#10473 William David Wasserstrum Microsoft 2
#10473 Eric Louis Zager Microsoft 2
#10473 David Boyd LUDWIG, IV Microsoft 2
#10473 Chris L. Rae Microsoft 2
#10473 Ian McKerlich — 2
#10473 Jeffrey Aaron Lubetkin Microsoft 2
#10473 Vlad Victor Ungureanu Palantir Technologies 2
#10473 Christopher J. Knotz Bea Systems 2
#10473 Robert Dunn-Ballinger Bea Systems 2
#10473 Aashray Arora Nutanix 2
#10473 Philo N. Nordlund Microsoft 2
#10473 Aaron Kraemer Getty Images 2
#10473 Mark C. Vadon Blue Nile 2
#10473 Zachary Colton Bethel Amazon 2
#10473 Jason Brescia — 2
#10473 Eric Oliver Amazon 2
#10473 Michael Nill The Boeing 2
#10473 Taylor Wayne Andrus Amazon 2
#10473 Houman MOTEVASELOLHAGH Microsoft 2
#10473 Evan Cariss Getty Images 2
#10473 Amy Sutedja Cisco 2
#10473 Bejan B. Banihashemi The Boeing 2
#10473 Tommy Leyvand Microsoft 2
#10473 Valentin Nikolaev Razmov Microsoft 2
#10473 Frank Olivier Microsoft 2
#10473 Jason Donchey Nutter Microsoft 2
#10473 Shanna X. CHEN Microsoft 2
#10473 Nick Hofmeister Microsoft 2
#10473 Melissa Anne Riesland — 2

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