Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tempe, AZ ranks #212 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 13,731 patents from 2,648 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tempe, AZ include Intel, The Noco, Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University. That works out to 76.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,648 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kshitij A. Doshi Intel 253
2 Derek Michael Underhill The Noco 188
3 Jian Li Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 136
#4 Xinjian Lei Versum Materials Us 132
#5 Chia-Pin Chiu Intel 114
#6 Kemal Aygun Intel 106
#7 Manchao Xiao Versum Materials Us 102
#8 Shay-Ping T. Wang Motorola 88
#9 Morteza Cyrus Afghahi Broadcom 85
#10 David Puffer Intel 75
#11 Gary H. Loechelt onsemi 70
#11 Ebrahim Andideh Intel 70
#13 David R. Evoy Vlsi Technology 65
#14 Raymond Nicholas Vrtis Air Products And Chemicals 62
#15 Zia Hossain onsemi 60
#16 Richard R. King The Boeing 59
#17 Stephen P. Robb onsemi 58
#18 Hang T. Nguyen Intel 56
#18 Balaji Padmanabhan onsemi 56
#18 Richard Alexander Erhart Synaptics Incorporated 56
#21 Rodney Jerome Means IBM 54
#21 Stephen Johnston Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 54
#23 Jordan Cluster Edge 3 Technologies 53
#24 Edward O. Clapper Intel 52
#25 Timothy L. Youtsey Pct International 51
#26 Randall C. Gray Motorola 50
#26 Roger D. St. Amand Amkor Technology 50
#28 Nyles Wynn Cody Atomera Incorporated 48
#28 Yung-Fu Chang Epistar 48
#28 Michael Fong Ppip 48
#31 R. Frank O'Bleness Disney 47
#32 Je-Young Chang Intel 46
#32 Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur Intel 46
#34 Sanjeev Sathe IBM 45
#34 Neric Hsin-wu Fong Ppip 45
#36 Edouard D. de Frésart Freeescale Semiconductor 44
#36 Qiang Shen Qualcomm 44
#38 Mrittika Ganguli Intel 43
#39 Davis H. Hartman Motorola 42
#39 Neil O. Shotton Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide 42
#39 Amitava Bose Freeescale Semiconductor 42
#39 Robert L. Vyne Motorola 42
#43 Jia-Wei Ding Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited 41
#43 Darrell Horner Honeywell 41
#45 Rebecca M. Finell Zip Top 39
#45 Harvey B. Jansen Jansen'S Aircraft Systems Controls 39
#45 Samantha J. Edirisooriya Intel 39
#45 Grant A. MacLennan Ctm Magnetics ,Inc 39
#45 Michael Harris, Jr. State Farm 39
#50 Ira Miller Motorola 38

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