Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sisters, OR ranks #13,250 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 129 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sisters, OR include Apple, Sram, Nimbus Iris. That works out to 42.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey M. Faulkner Apple 21
2 Douglas Allyn Miller 13
2 Patrick Richard Brady Sram 13
#4 Matthew David Wessel Nimbus Iris 9
#5 David Asson Intel 7
#6 Edwin A. Fitzjarrell 5
#7 Michael Lawrence Suterra 4
#7 Lorimer L. Twigg Tektronix 4
#9 Arthur Dusty Miller Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 3
#9 Benny Benson 3
#9 Jason MacKenzie Redlen Technologies 3
#9 Roger H. Hess 3
#9 Wendy Colby Axcelis Technologies 3
#9 Dennis M. Ebner Mini-Mitter Co. 3
#15 Gary M. Pages 2
#15 Eric Ryan Adler 2
#15 Neal B. Wineman 2
#15 Lisa Grace 2
#15 Alexandra MacDonald 2
#15 Chadbourne Lovegren 2
#15 Frank Holton Phononic 2
#15 Nick Fornalski 2
#15 Joshua B. Groves The Oilgear 2
#15 Spencer L. Cantwell 2
#15 Kenneth C. Carhart 2
#26 Leah Wise 1
#26 Wendy Weems 1
#26 Andrew B. Baardson Unknown 1
#26 Paul E. Ylvisaker 1
#26 Frank G. Peden 1
#26 Deborah Kollodge 1
#26 Gary Sneva 1
#26 Marcie L. McGregor 1
#26 Rebecca Ellen Castle 1
#26 Nicholas Anthony Brewer Science 1
#26 Brian Michael Keast Precise Flight 1
#26 Pete Terzo 1
#26 Erik Dolson 1

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