Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Denver, CO ranks #129 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 829 patents from 466 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Denver, CO include Magpul Industries, Layer3 Tv, Nuvectra. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 466 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael T. Mayberry Magpul Industries 41
2 Jeffrey Binder Layer3 Tv 18
3 Miles Fenn Layer3 Tv 17
#4 Nicholas Kielsmeier Magpul Industries 16
#5 Yohannes Iyassu Nuvectra 11
#5 Grady Barfoot Magpul Industries 11
#7 Saul E. Greenhut Medtronic 9
#7 Ryan Kelley Lighting Science Group 9
#9 Matthew Bailey Thalmic Labs 8
#9 Jonathan Allen Coe Metavention 8
#11 Charles C. Rinzler Foro Energy 7
#11 Benjamin L. Fletcher IBM 7
#11 John Anthony Card, II Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 7
#11 Alexander Giladi Comcast 7
#15 James E. Chomas Ulthera 6
#15 Dan Singer Layer3 Tv 6
#15 Richard M. Lee Iposi 6
#15 Malik Y. Kahook University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 6
#19 Peter James Outrider Technologies 5
#19 Lawrence D. Wolcott Comcast 5
#19 Brian Bingham Cisco 5
#19 Jeffrey B. Kleiner Spinal Surgical Strategies 5
#19 Artur Bergman Fastly 5
#19 Jeremy Mickelsen Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 5
#19 Stuart J. Boland Ricoh Company 5
#26 Adrian C. Samaniego Allosource 4
#26 Paul Millman Intuitive Surgical 4
#26 Danielle Engerman Crocs 4
#26 Stephen P. Smith Hunter Douglas 4
#26 Louis D. Williamson 4
#26 Choon Kee Lee 4
#26 Marc Donsky Full Spectrum Laboratories Limited 4
#26 Bryan Krueger Classic Brands 4
#26 John Day-Richter Google 4
#26 Joel F. Moxley Foro Energy 4
#26 Yosef Refaeli Taiga Biotechnologies 4
#26 Brian Intoccia Boston Scientific Scimed 4
#38 Paul Fair Thule Organization Solutions 3
#38 Brian D. Gale 3M 3
#38 Naresh Mandava University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 3
#38 Mark K. Robertson Res Usa 3
#38 Richard Cerami 3
#38 Richard L. Statler, III Eaton 3
#38 Jan P. Kraus University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 3
#38 Ivan A. Cornejo Agp America S.A. 3
#38 Nicholas C. Schooley Whirlpool 3
#38 Zebonie Sukle Johns Manville 3
#38 David L. Armitage Cartasite 3
#38 Claire Coeshott Globeimmune 3
#38 Jared Walkenhorst Spine Wave 3

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