Colorado — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Colorado 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Boulder, CO	497	322
#2	Colorado Springs, CO	292	200
#3	Fort Collins, CO	217	160
#4	Denver, CO	198	145
#5	Longmont, CO	147	104
#6	Littleton, CO	123	90
#7	Arvada, CO	105	60
#8	Lakewood, CO	76	63
#9	Golden, CO	74	60
#10	Broomfield, CO	69	44
#11	Westminster, CO	63	45
#12	Loveland, CO	62	52
#13	Louisville, CO	61	47
#14	Aurora, CO	50	43
#15	Lafayette, CO	49	33
#16	Englewood, CO	41	41
#17	Evergreen, CO	36	25
#18	Parker, CO	30	22
#19	Castle Rock, CO	27	15
#20	Niwot, CO	26	17
#21	Highlands Ranch, CO	24	18
#22	Tokyo, CO	24	7
#23	Lyons, CO	19	12
#24	Grand Junction, CO	19	15
#25	Superior, CO	19	12

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Larry Gold	Boulder	Nexstar Pharmaceuticals	21
2	Carlos A. Paz de Araujo	Colorado Springs	Symetrix	11
2	Christopher P. Zook	Lafayette	Cirrus Logic	11
#4	Gordon James Smith	Longmont	IBM	10
#4	Chi-Hung Dang	Boulder	IBM	10
#4	Dennis M. Treu	Castle Rock	Nxstage Medical	10
#7	Hyok S. Lew	Arvada	Unknown	8
#7	Victor Key Pecone	Lyons	Dot Hill Systems	8
#9	Mark Burbach	Peyton	Omnipoint	7
#9	Yon S. Lew	Arvada	—	7
#9	Ronald James Kadlec	Arvada	Rodime Plc	7
#9	Alan R. Fritzberg	Denver	Neorx	7
#9	Mark D. Neeper	Denver	ExxonMobil	7
#14	Roy Simonson	Colorado Springs	—	6
#14	Masamichi Azuma	Colorado Springs	Panasonic	6
#14	Neal Glover	Broomfield	Cirrus Logic	6
#14	Steve Love	Bailey	Cobe Laboratories	6
#14	Oded Eddie Sturman	Woodland Park	Sturman Digital Systems	6
#14	Randolph L. Durrant	Colorado Springs	Omnipoint	6
#14	George Alexander Kalwitz	Mead	Dot Hill Systems	6
#21	Daniel J. Harrison	Nederland	Eastman Kodak	5
#21	Nassim Usman	Boulder	Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals	5
#21	Eric T. Whalley	Golden	Cortech	5
#21	Jim Rosa	Conifer	Cobe Laboratories	5
#21	Shane Eric Bohart	Boulder	—	5