Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Spokane, WA ranks #787 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,319 patents from 1,134 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Spokane, WA include Dow Agrosciences, Verint Americas, Continuous Composites. That works out to 18.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,134 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James M. Renga Dow Agrosciences 100
2 Fred A. Brown Verint Americas 76
3 Ryan C. Stockett Continuous Composites 70
#4 Randy D. Sines Digideal 66
#5 Mark K. Cornwall Itron 61
#6 Patrick O. Tennican Hyprotek 50
#7 Ian Beaver Verint Americas 47
#8 Sean D. Chambers Cook Medical Technologies 45
#9 Gregory A. Russell Bowles Fluidics 43
#10 Brian D. Nelson Medtronic 42
#11 Marc Chapin Sterling International 41
#12 Bryan Hunt Zonar Systems 40
#13 Stephen P. McGrew Vuzix 36
#14 John William Eichelberg Amazon 35
#15 Wade A. F. Maple Zak Designs 32
#16 Robert J. Hagarty Randl Industries 29
#16 John C. Bortz Surefire 29
#16 Lijun Bai Motorola 29
#19 Paul A. Knight Telect 28
#19 Matthew F. Russell Digital Reasoning Systems 28
#21 David S. Thompson Xtek 27
#22 David R. Lott Relion 26
#23 Barry Cahill-O'Brien Itron 25
#23 Rodney D. Raabe Covidien Lp 25
#25 Raymond A. Hanson Usm Holding Ag 24
#25 John B. Adrain Disruptive Resources 24
#25 Kurt Gauss Gsi Outdoors 24
#28 Samuel Cameron Fleming Aon Risk Services, Inc. Of Maryland 23
#29 Dwight H. Damon Ormco 22
#30 Stephane Ferrasse Honeywell 21
#31 Duane B. Kutsch Telect 20
#32 Bryan Joseph Kioski Telect 19
#32 David A. Krise Digideal 19
#32 David Knaggs Telect 19
#35 Marcus Da Silva Tektronix 18
#35 Scott K. Parrish Platte Chemical 18
#35 Richard W. Hanson Case Western Reserve University 18
#35 Randy A. Gregory Ecardless Bancorp 18
#39 Barry Jay Anderson The Procter & Gamble 17
#39 Lawrence Johnson Ez Loader Boat Trailers 17
#39 Donald W. Thomson Learonal 17
#39 Dane Andrew Boysen Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 17
#43 George W. Bagby Spin Tech 16
#44 Norman Kelln Schiapparelli Biosystems 15
#44 John Stein Kim Hotstart Mfg. 15
#44 Ronald E. Wyrick Washington Biotech 15
#44 Peter David DeVries Genesis Fueltech 15
#44 Russell A. Michaelsen Hyprotek 15
#44 Matthew T. Brown Resinate Materials Group 15
#44 Steve Dabell Alcatel Internetworking, (Pe) 15

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