Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wyoming ranks #50 among US states for total patents filed in 2018, with 276 patents from 166 inventors across 32 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Wyoming 2018

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Jackson, WY 56 27
#2 Cheyenne, WY 52 27
#3 Laramie, WY 43 29
#4 Casper, WY 23 19
#5 Sheridan, WY 16 4
#6 Cody, WY 12 11
#7 Banner, WY 7 1
#8 Powell, WY 6 4
#9 Green River, WY 6 6
#10 Lander, WY 6 4
#11 Burlington, WY 5 1
#12 Hyattville, WY 5 1
#13 Etna, WY 4 2
#14 Centennial, WY 4 2
#15 Buffalo, WY 4 4
#16 Bar Nunn, WY 3 3
#17 Evanston, WY 3 3
#18 Gillette, WY 2 2
#19 Riverton, WY 2 2
#20 Rock Springs, WY 2 2
#21 Carpenter, WY 2 1
#22 Afton, WY 2 1
#23 Big Horn, WY 2 1
#24 Beulah, WY 1 1
#25 Upton, WY 1 1

Top Inventors in Wyoming 2018

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Steve Shattil Cheyenne Genghiscomm Holdings 14
2 John Cronin Sheridan IBM 11
3 Jay M. Short Jackson Diversa 10
#4 Christopher Thomas Donner Banner Jcbd 7
#5 Nathaniel R. Storey Laramie University Of Wyoming 5
#5 Kevin J. Negus Hyattville Cbf Networks 5
#5 William A. Apel Jackson Battelle Energy Alliance 5
#5 Aaron Davidson Burlington Gunwerks 5
#5 Ken Krieger Jackson Google 5
#10 Christopher J. Rothfuss Laramie Empire Technology Development 4
#10 Robert D. Wilhelm Cheyenne IBM 4
#10 Brian D. Streit Laramie Wenger Manufacturing 4
#13 Mark Zhang Jackson Manta Sleep 3
#13 Deborah T. Bullington Jackson 3
#13 Anna Erixon Lander Bayer Healthcare 3
#13 Thomas E. Katis Jackson Voxer Ip 3
#13 Andrew B. Bullington Jackson 3
#13 William A. Coulson Cheyenne Wilmarc Holdings 3
#13 James Lee Casper Novellus Systems 3
#13 Paul Johl Centennial Oracle 3
#13 Stuart Guarnieri Laramie Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A. 3
#13 Clifton L. Cook Sheridan Alliant Techsystems 3
#13 Christofer Hardy Cheyenne Dish Technologies L.L.C. 3
#24 John J. Walsh Casper Analog Devices 2
#24 John H. Koehler Jackson Dmos Collective 2

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