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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Centennial, CO ranks #877 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 146 patents from 84 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Centennial, CO include Colorado Energy Research Technologies, Samsung, Kärcher North America. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 84 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wayne J. Powell Colorado Energy Research Technologies 8
2 Robert D. Boehmer Colorado Energy Research Technologies 6
3 Jae Sang Lee Samsung 5
3 Daniel C. Venard Kärcher North America 5
3 Brent Christopher Meridian International Co. 5
3 Arlen K. Ward Covidien Lp 5
#7 Nicholas Newell Dish Network L.L.C. 4
#7 Leonard T. Rael Aytu Bioscience 4
#7 Michael D. McMahon Comcast 4
#7 Ronnie S. Dhaliwal 4
#11 Matthew Bradley Stokes Halliburton Energy Services 3
#11 David B. Leach Comcast 3
#11 Chad T. Wells Ppc Broadband 3
#11 Robert Neale Lyman 3
#11 Richard J. Johnson Baxter International 3
#11 Joseph V. Ranalletta Baxter Corporation Englewood 3
#11 Elliot Summons Sashco 3
#11 Christopher M. Macheca Gordon*Howard Associates 3
#19 Michael John Block Johns Manville 2
#19 Holly Krutka Ada-Es 2
#19 Michael Everett Earle Aiotv 2
#19 Steven W. Tucker Karcher North America 2
#19 Michael J. Lastowski Patco 2
#19 Gregory D. Van de Mark Green Ox Pallet Technology 2
#25 Randall L. Hughes Microblend Technologies 1
#25 Margo Taylor-Bredesen Mydor 1
#25 Michael William Monark Cgi Technologies And Solutions 1
#25 Dean Stevinson 1
#25 Tom Yap 1
#25 Andrew Youngs Advanced Polymer Technology 1
#25 Dominic de Anda Fast 1
#25 Joel Hinrichs Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 1
#25 Lucas Kumosa Biological Dynamics 1
#25 Jeffrey A. Fry New Tech Machinery 1
#25 Roderick Brian Averill Avaya 1
#25 Fred Earl Starks Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 1
#25 Matthew Clifton Cooper Oracle 1
#25 Mark Torluemke Comcast 1
#25 John David Holder Oracle 1
#25 Robert Bartek Kior 1
#25 Robert Edwin Dravenstott First Data 1
#25 Kunhua Song University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 1
#25 Justin Riggert Comcast 1
#25 Bradley Wolf Credo Technology Group Limited 1
#25 Ali I. Musani National Jewish Health 1
#25 Troy A. Greenwood Caption Colorado 1
#25 Sunitha Alli Oracle 1
#25 Lee W. Travis Walkmed Infusion 1
#25 Tim White Alcatel Lucent 1
#25 Robert A. Downey Ciris Energy 1

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