Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Spokane Valley, WA ranks #3,354 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 893 patents from 201 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Spokane Valley, WA include Itron, Sterling International, Microsoft. That works out to 8.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 201 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas F. Uhling Itron 65
2 Qing-He Zhang Sterling International 49
3 Andrew Douglas Delano Microsoft 41
#4 Jianxing Li Honeywell 28
#5 William A. Fuglevand Avista Laboratories 25
#6 Greg Lloyd Avista Laboratories 20
#6 Janine Kardokus Honeywell 20
#8 Dackary Ronald Busch World Wide Packets 19
#8 George Stennis Moore Agilent Technologies 19
#10 Wayne J. Fenton Novelis 17
#11 Todd F. Bischoff Novelis 16
#11 Bruce Weyrauch Schiapparelli Biosystems 16
#13 Danny Ray Seely Itron 15
#13 Frank C. Alford Honeywell 15
#15 Wilton L. Fowler, Jr. Hubbell Incorporated 14
#15 Walter Dean Takisaki Telect 14
#17 Craig Shaber Wagstaff 13
#18 David B. Aster 11
#19 Scott Cumeralto Itron 10
#19 Christine Elaine Jones Verizon 10
#21 Fred H. Ives Agilent Technologies 9
#21 John A. Dunlop Cominco 9
#21 Jesse Antoine Marcel Airborne Motorworks 9
#24 Chi tse Wu Honeywell 8
#24 Philip W. Appel Penergy Solutions 8
#26 Nathan Hayes Owen Spokane Industries 7
#26 Kyle Gosselin-Harris Ciena 7
#26 Richard R. Lile R.A. Pearson 7
#26 Travis Johnson Northern Tool & Equipment Company 7
#26 Andrew Douglas Brede J.R. Simplot 7
#26 Mark Palmer Pyrotek 7
#26 Cyrus Azar Sensible Vision 7
#33 Todd S. Ray Beta Bionics 6
#33 Richard William Keller Bnsf Railway 6
#33 Ron Stokes Eagle Mountain Brokers 6
#33 Jonathan Martinez Raycap, S.A. 6
#33 Adwait Thakur Novelis 6
#33 Eric S. Benson Itron 6
#33 Michael E. Jensen Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 6
#33 Henry Loehner Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 6
#33 Paul M. Babcock Flyback Energy 6
#33 James W. Tucker GE 6
#33 William B. Willett Honeywell 6
#44 Levi Wilson Target Brands 5
#44 Randal Guy Womack Novelis 5
#44 Ian Scott Gsi Outdoors 5
#44 Hubert C. Dyche Rockwell Collins 5
#44 Duane Markley Eagle Mountain Brokers 5
#44 Daniel J. McDermott Westinghouse Electric 5
#44 Donald R. Skinfill Telect 5

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