Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Troy, ID ranks #2,888 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,058 patents from 284 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Troy, ID include Chevron, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Idaho Research Foundation. That works out to 1188.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 284 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John M. Larkin Chevron 40
2 Scott M. Manson Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 34
3 Chien M. Wai Idaho Research Foundation 30
#4 Daniel Robertson Apple 29
#4 Erik M. Geidl Microsoft 29
#6 Kenneth W. Sykes Microsoft 21
#7 Christopher Todd Walker Honda Motor Co. 20
#8 Jon P. Christophersen Battelle Energy Alliance 19
#9 Ellery A. Blood Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 18
#10 Patrick A. Owsley Comtech Ef Data 17
#11 Austin Edward Wade Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 16
#11 Jason A. Dearien Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 16
#13 James Mobley Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 14
#13 Eric J. Hewitt Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 14
#13 Luther S. Anderson Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 14
#16 Anthony R. H. Goodwin Schlumberger Technology 13
#17 Kirk William Turner Yakima Products 12
#17 Nicholas K. Studt Graco Minnesota 12
#17 Erik J. Cegnar Ivus Industries 12
#17 Richard Bailey Monsanto Technology 12
#17 Friend K. Bechtel Metriguard 12
#22 Catherine A. French Sigma Designs 11
#22 John F. Alderete University Of Texas System 11
#24 Gary Maki Ics 10
#24 David J. Casebolt Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 10
#24 Patrick R. Taylor Idaho Research Foundation 10
#27 Yuehe Lin Idaho Research Foundation 9
#27 Lois K. Miller University Of Georgia 9
#29 Brian Keeney Occam Defense Solutions 8
#29 Joshua John Hartung Vay Technology Gmbh 8
#31 Roger Korus Idaho Research Foundation 7
#31 William J. Beasley Isothermal Systems Research 7
#31 George W. Masters Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 7
#31 Brian Jemes HP 7
#35 Joseph G. Harrington J.R. Simplot 6
#35 John E. Crock Washington State University 6
#35 Woo-Gi Lee KAIST 6
#35 Kel D. Winters Advanced Hardware Architecture 6
#35 Karl Richard Englund Washington State University 6
#35 William C. Gustafson Isothermal Systems Research 6
#35 Tracey G. Windley Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 6
#35 Fred Jessup Ivus Industries 6
#35 Jennifer L. Watts Washington State University 6
#35 James G. Wallis Washington State University 6
#45 Seth Sjoholm Comtech Ef Data 5
#45 Ignatius Cheng Abb Schweiz Ag 5
#45 Gordon Rathbun 5
#45 Barry G. Swanson Washington State University 5
#45 Anthony L. Pometto Iowa State University 5
#45 Oleg N. Senkov Ues 5

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