Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Surprise, AZ ranks #6,371 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 385 patents from 138 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Surprise, AZ include Corning Optical Communications, Corning Gilbert, Cnh Industrial America. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 138 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV Corning Optical Communications 17
2 Casey Roy Stein Corning Gilbert 15
3 John Piper Cnh Industrial America 14
3 Daniel Brown Honeywell 14
#5 Stephen L. Robertson Toyota 13
#5 Kevin H. Ringger American Express 13
#7 Michael W. Ballard Pro Mag Mfg. 12
#8 Michael Collins Xyratex Technology Limited 10
#9 Jennifer Cucci 9
#10 Brian G. Baughman Honeywell 8
#10 Eduardo Tinoco Google 8
#10 Mark Andrew Wolf The Boeing 8
#10 Michael Collins Kryterion 8
#14 David A Schuff 7
#14 Graciela Rojas Ypf Tecnología S.A. 7
#16 Trung Quach Cellco Partnership 6
#16 Kevin McMurdie Honeywell 6
#16 William R. Breed Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 6
#16 Michael Kartoz Intel 6
#20 Dustin Harrier Service King Paint & Body 5
#20 Hans Rodrigues de Miranda Knox Associates 5
#20 David Jeffrey Malouf Corning Optical Communications 5
#20 Ryan Douglas Kuhn 5
#24 Laura Lee Allen 4
#24 Raymond P. Torrez W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 4
#24 Jeffrey L. Henderson Apple 4
#24 Michael Mead HP 4
#28 Cindy Myers Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 3
#28 Charles A. Triplett The Dial 3
#28 John W. Conley 3
#28 Manuel Amaya Ccl Label 3
#28 Lawrence Ayala 3
#28 David Matthew Williams Hemming 3
#28 Louis Mizner Calportland 3
#28 John Lintz Honeywell 3
#36 Daniel R. Lilley 2
#36 Claude Harper 2
#36 Alex Specha 2
#36 Darla D. Burchert Fire-Trol Holdings, L.L.C. 2
#36 Philip Berend Meyer 2
#36 Joshua Matthew Stiles Honeywell 2
#36 Gabriel Rojas Unknown 2
#36 Kenneth Wheelis 2
#36 Kelly Wheelis 2
#36 James Babjak 2
#36 James Michael Hainline, Jr. 2
#36 Joseph D. Zuhlsdorf Toyota 2
#36 Rob Laizure, Sr. 2
#36 Thomas C. Tuller Acumed 2
#36 Rob Laizure, Jr. 2

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