Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Denver, CO ranks #123 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 923 patents from 510 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Denver, CO include Magpul Industries, Layer3 Tv, Nuvectra. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 510 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael T. Mayberry Magpul Industries 17
2 Jeffrey Binder Layer3 Tv 13
2 Yohannes Iyassu Nuvectra 13
#4 Anthony Russell Wilbert Blinker 12
#4 Bryan Krueger Classic Brands 12
#6 David McNeill Kabam, 11
#6 Miles Fenn Layer3 Tv 11
#8 Saul E. Greenhut Medtronic 8
#9 Michael A. Nix AMD 7
#9 Richard M. Lee Iposi 7
#9 Jeremy Mickelsen Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 7
#9 Lindsey Nifong Classic Brands 7
#9 Jeffrey B. Kleiner Spinal Surgical Strategies 7
#9 Brian Bingham Cisco 7
#15 Martin T. Flack Akamai Technologies 6
#15 Alexander Giladi Comcast 6
#15 Albert W. Gebhard Golight 6
#15 Brian Frenkel Ag 18 6
#15 Dominic Gadoury Adp 6
#15 Douglas Bell Energous 6
#15 Adrian C. Samaniego Allosource 6
#15 John DeBoer Siemens Industry 6
#23 Devin Leake Dharmacon 5
#23 Shawn Shelton Navajo Manufacturing Company 5
#23 Nicholas Kielsmeier Magpul Industries 5
#23 Abhijit Sharma Dish Network L.L.C. 5
#23 Choon Kee Lee 5
#23 Steven Read Dharmacon 5
#23 Jonathan Allen Coe Metavention 5
#23 William E. Kugler United Construction Products 5
#23 Qianfan Xu Futurewei Technologies 5
#23 Stephen P. Smith Hunter Douglas 5
#23 Matthew Bailey Thalmic Labs 5
#34 William Troy Huey Schlumberger Technology 4
#34 Louis D. Williamson 4
#34 Peter K. Nelson Abl Ip Holding 4
#34 Grady Barfoot Magpul Industries 4
#34 Ian Ruppert Charter Communications Operating 4
#34 Artur Bergman Fastly 4
#34 Alan Scott Brannon Lgs Innovations 4
#34 Stuart J. Boland Ricoh Company 4
#34 Brian M. Collins Google 4
#34 Ryan Kelley Lighting Science Group 4
#34 Eric R. DUNN Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 4
#34 James E. Chomas Ulthera 4
#34 Austin Brown Mapquest 4
#34 Dan Singer Layer3 Tv 4
#34 Jordan Simons Ag 18 4
#34 Robert Donegan Classic Brands 4
#34 Kate Megan Carney Landow Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 4

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