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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minden, NV ranks #3,068 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 37 patents from 18 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minden, NV include GE, Franklin Armory Holdings, Eze-Lap Diamond Products. That works out to 10.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–18 of 18 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dan Tho Lu GE 8
2 Jay Leonard Jacobson Franklin Armory Holdings 4
3 Ralph Johnson Eze-Lap Diamond Products 3
#4 Michael Alan Tart GE 2
#4 Curtis Lee Hoffman GE 2
#4 Rodney Aiglstorfer Mfoundry 2
#4 Paul Richetta Bently Nevada 2
#4 Kyle Allan Farwell GE 2
#4 Trevor Shaun Kavanaugh GE 2
#4 Thomas Franklin Kalb GE 2
#11 Horst Gerich 1
#11 Clifford James Uber GE 1
#11 Ryan Gregory Roaldson GE 1
#11 Brad Hollander 1
#11 Sheldon G. Yakus 1
#11 Mel Gabriel Maalouf GE 1
#11 Miles Anton Johnson 1
#11 Craig R. Ramstad Intuitive Surgical 1

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