Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vancouver, CA ranks #110 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 22,876 patents from 5,070 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vancouver, CA include Cooledge Lighting, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Kardium.

Showing 1–50 of 5,070 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael A. Tischler Cooledge Lighting 179
2 Lorne A. Whitehead Dolby Laboratories Licensing 150
3 Daniel Gelbart Kardium 149
#4 Wei Ding Essenlix 140
#5 Shawn Patrick Stapleton Dali Systems Co. 138
#6 Brian Mark Shuster Pfaqutruma Research 132
#7 Wolfgang Richter Basf Se 111
#8 Nima Sharifi Mehr Amazon 108
#9 James A. McEwen Western Clinical Engineering 98
#10 Peter Emery von Behrens Rondo Energy 74
#11 Pieter R. Cullis University Of British Columbia 72
#12 William L. Hunter Canary Medical 71
#13 Thomas Szigeti Cisco 70
#13 David John Zacks Cisco 70
#15 Geordie Rose D-Wave Systems 69
#16 David P. Wilkinson Ballard Power Systems 68
#17 Robert N. Young Merck 66
#18 Christopher William Higgins Yahoo Holdings 65
#18 Andrew J. Berkley D-Wave Systems 65
#20 Siavash Alamouti AT&T 59
#20 Kris Dickie Clarius Mobile Health 59
#22 Min-Hee Kim Samsung 57
#22 Joshua D. Kesselman Bbk Tobacco & Foods, Llp 57
#24 Erick Wong Visa 55
#25 Martin E. Gleave University Of British Columbia 54
#26 Nicholas Alfano Blackberry Limited 53
#26 Winston Mok Pmc-Sierra 53
#28 Darren McMurtrie Rigel Pharmaceuticals 51
#29 Stephen Melvin Mips Technologies 49
#29 Saar Moisa Kardium 49
#29 Matt McLean Twelve 49
#32 Wilfrid LeBlanc Broadcom 48
#32 Duhane Lam Switch Materials 48
#34 Jeremy P. Hilton D-Wave Systems 47
#34 Philippe M. Schick Cooledge Lighting 47
#36 Julia G. Levy University Of British Columbia 46
#36 Ernest J. McEachern Alectos Therapeutics 46
#38 Leonid Sigal Disney 45
#39 Martin Kelly Jones Global Research Systems 44
#39 William L. Bowden Duracell 44
#41 Paul Palfreyman Cooledge Lighting 42
#41 Gregory Vincent Browne Pyng Medical 42
#41 Raymond Andersen University Of British Columbia 42
#44 Michael A. Cormack Nyse Holdings 41
#44 Xiaodong Lu University Of British Columbia 41
#46 Peyman Servati Ignis Innovation 40
#46 David Dolphin University Of British Columbia 40
#46 Michael J. Hope University Of British Columbia 40
#46 Aaron P. YAMNIUK Bristol-Myers Squibb 40
#50 Sudeep Mohan Avigilon 39