Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Boulder, CO ranks #88 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 1,222 patents from 668 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Boulder, CO include United Video Properties, Array Biopharma, Covidien Lp. That works out to 11.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 668 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael D. Ellis United Video Properties 27
2 Yutong Jiang Array Biopharma 14
2 Mani N. Prakash Covidien Lp 14
#4 Steven W. Andrews Array Biopharma 13
#5 Julia Haas Array Biopharma 11
#5 Michael G. Robinson Reald Spark 11
#7 John O. Louch Apple 9
#7 Daniel J. Wallace Trimble 9
#7 James A. Gilbert Covidien Lp 9
#10 Ivor Michel Walter Amsa 8
#10 Shelley Allen Array Biopharma 8
#12 Glenn A. Horner Covidien Lp 7
#12 John B. Carlucci Time Warner Cable 7
#12 Gabrielle R. Kolakowski Array Biopharma 7
#12 Robert Taylor Mydor 7
#12 William Pachoud Zonit Structured Solutions 7
#12 Gary D. Sharp Reald 7
#12 Carlos Garcia Navarro Dish Technologies L.L.C. 7
#12 Jennifer Andreoli-Fang Cable Television Laboratories 7
#20 Barbara J. Brandhuber Array Biopharma 6
#20 Shannon L. Winski Array Biopharma 6
#20 Edward M. Chojin Covidien Lp 6
#20 Daniel Lisogurski Covidien Lp 6
#20 Eric Dennis Klumper Rcm Enterprise L.L.C. 6
#25 Kyle R. Rick Covidien Lp 5
#25 Robert M. Sharp Covidien Lp 5
#25 Pete D. Vogt Intel 5
#25 Christopher H. Converse Boa Technology 5
#25 Raymond B. Avedon Airius Ip Holdings 5
#25 William Marshall Dharmacon 5
#25 Grant T. Sims Covidien Lp 5
#25 Ronald J. Podhajsky Covidien Lp 5
#25 Mark Maybee Oracle 5
#34 Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 4
#34 Christina Dalby Miragen Therapeutics 4
#34 Robert Brett Rose Google 4
#34 Gregory Whiting Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 4
#34 Michael Rosenblatt Apple 4
#34 Mikel Stanich Ricoh Company 4
#34 Charles Corfield Nvoq Incorporated 4
#34 Dragan Maksimovic University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 4
#34 Gregory E. Johnson Omnivision Technologies 4
#34 Kerry Betz Caltech 4
#34 Kurt Nathan Nordback Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A. 4
#34 Erik G. Urdang Time Warner Cable 4
#34 Khurram K. Afridi University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 4
#34 Jonathan Carroll Open Text Sa Ulc 4
#34 Robert M. Lund Cable Television Laboratories 4
#34 Michael B. Lyons Covidien Lp 4
#34 Gregory James Hampson Woodward 4

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