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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Durango, CO ranks #2,742 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 43 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Durango, CO include TSMC, Salesforce, Ptc Innovations. That works out to 2.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stan Chen TSMC 4
2 Kevin Oliver Salesforce 3
3 Todd Mathis Ptc Innovations 2
3 Charles E. Watts Worldpay 2
3 Daniel Szabo Merck 2
3 Gerald P. Zink Stoneage 2
#7 Kevin Louis Kephart 1
#7 Colton Andersen Stoneage 1
#7 John Charles Ringelberg Lockheed Martin 1
#7 Charles A. Patterson Masco Bath 1
#7 Jim A. Youssef Edge Surgical 1
#7 Kyle Robert Cataldo 1
#7 Travis L. Priest Worldpay 1
#7 Kenneth J. Buras The Wiremold 1
#7 Robert Bonestell Worldpay 1
#7 Eric Ryba Cryocor 1
#7 Craig D. Brossman IBM 1
#7 Gary J. Jorgensen Midwest Research Institute 1
#7 Stephen Matthew Stockhausen 1
#7 Matthew D. Ozvat Worldpay 1
#7 Michelle K. Plomske Worldpay 1
#7 Douglas E. Wright Stoneage 1
#7 Tracey Canaday Never Summer Industries 1
#7 Ted Compton United Pipeline Systems 1
#7 Andrew Greenfield Althage 1
#7 Abigail Joyce Pittman 1
#7 Robert E. Haggart 1
#7 Clark A. Matis Wolverine World Wide 1
#7 Darren J. Croke Shoretel 1
#7 Garrett N. Ford Easycare 1
#7 Bryan Collier 1
#7 Douglass Fairfax Wilson United Pipeline Systems 1
#7 Katie Hutcheson Moneygram International 1
#7 John Berkley Worldpay 1

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