Jackson, WY ranks #2,280 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 52 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Jackson, WY include Black Card, Battelle Energy Alliance, Google. That works out to 4.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Alan Blum | Black Card | 6 |
| 1 | William A. Apel | Battelle Energy Alliance | 6 |
| 3 | Ken Krieger | 5 | |
| 3 | Ephraim Heller | Abbott | 5 |
| #5 | Jay M. Short | Diversa | 3 |
| #5 | William Egan | Adlens Beacon | 3 |
| #7 | Emily Byrne | The Radio Flyer | 2 |
| #7 | David M. Bloom | Alces Technology | 2 |
| #7 | Thomas E. Katis | Voxer Ip | 2 |
| #7 | Jesse R. Emilo | — | 2 |
| #11 | David George Barlow | — | 1 |
| #11 | Kenleigh C. Hobby | — | 1 |
| #11 | Melanie Simon | Ziip | 1 |
| #11 | Scott Arellano | — | 1 |
| #11 | Robert F. Biolchini, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #11 | William G. Bliss | Cirrus Logic | 1 |
| #11 | Nicholas B. Lydon | — | 1 |
| #11 | Kevin Meehan | Ca | 1 |
| #11 | Earle W. Ady | Phosphorus Cybersecurity | 1 |
| #11 | Mark Ferris | Brahma Industries | 1 |
| #11 | Kimberly Jane Whitman | — | 1 |
| #11 | Wyatt Thurston | — | 1 |
| #11 | Howard Turtle | West Publishing | 1 |
| #11 | Mark Zhang | Manta Sleep | 1 |
| #11 | Christopher M. Tice | — | 1 |
| #11 | Joseph A. Sorge | Stratagene | 1 |
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