Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lyons, CO ranks #1,354 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 94 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lyons, CO include Covidien Lp, Crocs, Sonora Medical Systems. That works out to 42.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph D. Brannan Covidien Lp 33
2 Rebecca J. Coulson Covidien Lp 4
2 Daniel S. Laska Crocs 4
#4 Katherine Santos Crocs 3
#4 G. Wayne Moore Sonora Medical Systems 3
#4 Kurt Wiesen Seagate Technology 3
#4 Brian Rosekrans Covidien Lp 3
#8 Adam Besen Google 2
#8 Peter Anderson Geiser Grapha-Holding Ag 2
#8 Brett W. Bader Digitalglobe 2
#8 James S. Smith Boulder Wind Power 2
#8 Kenneth W. Hill Agilent Technologies 2
#8 Lenny Karpel Oracle 2
#8 Lockett E. Wood Covidien Lp 2
#8 Malcolm Gary LaFever Anonos 2
#8 Stephen Milton Placeiq 2
#8 Jan Meredith Vermilye 2
#18 Shirl Jones Isonas 1
#18 James R. Easter Cochlear Limited 1
#18 Kriston Chapman Isonas 1
#18 Anthony L. Priborsky Seagate Technology 1
#18 Michael J. Therrien Western Digital Technologies 1
#18 Dave Wesley Sound Surgical Technologies 1
#18 Ryan Lange Jasco Products Company 1
#18 Henri Begin Qualcomm 1
#18 Ralph William Cross Seagate Technology 1
#18 Ross Swanson Disney 1
#18 Victor Key Pecone Dot Hill Systems 1
#18 George York Google 1
#18 William Lee Drake Unknown 1
#18 Levi Moore Acertara Acoustic Laboratories 1
#18 Mark Laurence Boys Array Biopharma 1
#18 Adrian J. Hill Inphase Technologies 1
#18 Cambria Reagan Burton 1
#18 John Steven Herron Oracle 1
#18 Andy Kowles Seagate Technology 1
#18 David C. DeCoster Rpc 1
#18 Michael H. Anderson Analog Devices 1

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