Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tacoma, WA ranks #1,234 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,719 patents from 723 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tacoma, WA include Zymogenetics, Intel, Meta. That works out to 12.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 723 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott R. Presnell Zymogenetics 129
2 Robert G. Blankenship Intel 121
3 Quintin Morris Meta 117
#4 Sascha Kaposi Progressive International 100
#5 Russell S. Aoki Intel 51
#6 Robert A. Schrader Mikron Industries 44
#7 Michael P. Thompson The Boeing 38
#8 Mark Marvin Merlin Technology 36
#9 Robert Pierce Lutter Eagle Harbor Holdings 35
#10 James A. Bickford Draper Laboratory 31
#10 Theodore L. Willke Intel 31
#12 Jason Todd Henderson Microsoft 28
#13 Lowell J. Brady Zymogenetics 26
#14 Michael D. Lockbeam Mikron Industries 25
#15 Joseph H. Osborne The Boeing 24
#15 Jason P. Bommer The Boeing 24
#15 Peter A. Graef Weyerhaeuser Nr 24
#18 Toshiya Kamae Toray Industries 22
#19 Kyu Bong Lee Jmtek 20
#19 Felipe Enrique Ortega Gutierrez C.V.G. Siderurgica Del Orinoco, C.A. 20
#21 David J. Llapitan Intel 19
#22 Axel Sommer Monoflo International 17
#22 Norman H. Lundstrom Atlantic Research Group 17
#22 Richard R. Rhodes State Farm 17
#25 Don C. Pearson Chronorx 16
#25 Rodney Alan Hughes National Semiconductor 16
#27 Anthony G. Picardo Philips 14
#27 Kevin R. Housen The Boeing 14
#27 Lee E. Perdelwitz, Jr. Bba Nonwovens Simpsonville 14
#27 Felipe Enrique Ortega Gutierrez Amazon 14
#31 Ronald Steinke Emc Ip Holding Company 13
#31 R. Charles Ray Danek Medical 13
#31 Juris Verzemnieks The Boeing 13
#31 Patrick B. Keely Hospira 13
#31 Terry Kleeberger Afl Ig 13
#31 Adam Lloyd Days Amazon 13
#37 Nathanael Georgeson Inmar Clearing 12
#37 Carmen Hertel Unigen 12
#37 William L. Duncan Oracle 12
#37 Jessica Anne Heinrich Mcafee 12
#37 Abhimanyu Kolla Intel 12
#37 Douglas Milsom Behr Process 12
#43 Donald D. Halabisky Weyerhaeuser Nr 11
#43 Jay Barrett Willet Dakine Ip Holdings Lp 11
#45 Doug Milsom Behr Process 10
#45 Artur Bureacov Afl Ig 10
#45 Lidia Alfaro Brownell Unigen 10
#45 Christopher J. Johns Terrapower 10
#45 Perry T. Horst The Boeing 10
#50 John Overman Bowe Bell & Howell 9

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