Durango, CO ranks #3,035 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 39 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Durango, CO include Stoneage, TSMC, IBM. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerald P. Zink | Stoneage | 3 |
| 1 | Stan Chen | TSMC | 3 |
| 3 | Chip Lile | — | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Danford | — | 2 |
| 3 | Justin Ginn | IBM | 2 |
| 3 | Kenneth J. Buras | The Wiremold | 2 |
| 3 | Colton Andersen | Stoneage | 2 |
| #8 | Charles A. Patterson | Masco Bath | 1 |
| #8 | Jason H. Vick | Avaya | 1 |
| #8 | Hans Loedolff | Cable Television Laboratories | 1 |
| #8 | Craig Coutlee | Unknown | 1 |
| #8 | Jim A. Youssef | Edge Surgical | 1 |
| #8 | Steven Bales | — | 1 |
| #8 | Eugene F. Ferraro | Onetrust | 1 |
| #8 | Grant H Goble | — | 1 |
| #8 | Dave Marriner | Industrial Revolution | 1 |
| #8 | Ray Winston Freeman | Rmo | 1 |
| #8 | Marc L. Basiliere | Wolf Tooth Components | 1 |
| #8 | Douglas E. Wright | Stoneage | 1 |
| #8 | Cordell Brown | — | 1 |
| #8 | Raymond David Sanderlin | — | 1 |
| #8 | Cordwell Brown | — | 1 |
| #8 | Gary J. Jorgensen | Midwest Research Institute | 1 |
| #8 | Lance Hamlin | — | 1 |
| #8 | Kevin G. Foreman | Trw Limited | 1 |
| #8 | Todd Mathis | Ptc Innovations | 1 |
| #8 | Kevin Oliver | Salesforce | 1 |
| #8 | Craig D. Brossman | IBM | 1 |
| #8 | David C. Denkenberger | — | 1 |
| #8 | Eric Ryba | Cryocor | 1 |
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