Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tucson, AZ ranks #68 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 37,064 patents from 6,004 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tucson, AZ include IBM, Micron, E Ink California. That works out to 68.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 6,004 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lokesh M. Gupta IBM 607
2 Daniel J. Winarski IBM 354
3 David C. Reed IBM 330
#4 Michael T. Benhase IBM 314
#4 Matthew J. Kalos IBM 314
#6 Kevin J. Ash IBM 287
#7 Matthew G. Borlick IBM 271
#8 Dylan J. Boday IBM 256
#9 Max D. Smith IBM 244
#10 Glen Alan Jaquette IBM 192
#11 Roger G. Hathorn IBM 190
#12 Brian Johnson Micron 176
#13 Nhan X. Bui IBM 175
#14 Robert A. Hutchins IBM 168
#15 Beth A. Peterson IBM 154
#15 Hui Du E Ink California 154
#17 Henry A. Hill Zygo 146
#18 Gregg S. Lucas IBM 142
#19 Brian G. Goodman IBM 140
#20 Mamoru Miyawaki Canon 138
#21 Evan C. Unger Imarx Pharmaceutical 134
#22 Karl A. Nielsen IBM 127
#23 Theresa M. Brown IBM 126
#24 Yuriy V. Mikhaylik Sion Power 119
#24 Leonard George Jesionowski IBM 119
#26 Anoop Agrawal Donnelly 118
#27 Gail A. Spear IBM 116
#27 John M. Davenport GE 116
#29 Carol S. Mellgren IBM 115
#30 Allen Keith Bates IBM 114
#31 David M. Cannon IBM 111
#32 John C. Elliott IBM 107
#33 Vadim V. Ivanov Texas Instruments 105
#34 Clint A. Hardy IBM 101
#35 Dean A. Knobloch Cnh Industrial America 100
#36 Shawn M. Nave IBM 97
#36 Hong Hua University Of Arizona 97
#38 Brent Cameron Beardsley IBM 96
#39 Ronald E. Huffman Kv33 95
#39 William Frank Micka IBM 95
#41 Richard A. Ripberger IBM 91
#42 Todd C. Sorenson IBM 90
#42 Robert A. Kubo IBM 90
#44 Trung N. Nguyen IBM 89
#44 Paul A. Jennas, II IBM 89
#46 Kenneth Fairclough Day, III Seagate Technology 84
#46 Carl E. Jones IBM 84
#48 Juan A. Coronado IBM 83
#49 Ernest S. Gale IBM 79
#50 Christopher Bieniarz Ventana Medical Systems 77

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