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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Durango, CO ranks #2,672 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 51 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Durango, CO include Wolverine World Wide, Stoneage, Worldpay. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Clark A. Matis Wolverine World Wide 7
2 Douglas E. Wright Stoneage 4
3 Shawn Lange Stoneage 3
3 Travis L. Priest Worldpay 3
3 Charles A. Patterson Masco Bath 3
3 Charles E. Watts Worldpay 3
3 Matthew D. Ozvat Worldpay 3
#8 Michelle K. Plomske Worldpay 2
#8 Kevin Oliver Salesforce 2
#8 Daniel Szabo Merck 2
#8 Jim A. Youssef Edge Surgical 2
#8 Stan Chen TSMC 2
#13 John Berkley Worldpay 1
#13 Katie Hutcheson Moneygram International 1
#13 Adam Christopher Markham Stoneage 1
#13 Easton J. LaChappelle The Tomorrow Companies 1
#13 Robert H. Lander 1
#13 Asanga Devinda Ranasinghe 1
#13 Nicholas C. Gearhart Eisai R&D Management Co. 1
#13 John L. Krauser Stoneage 1
#13 Todd Mathis Ptc Innovations 1
#13 Amanda Lakey 1
#13 Tyson Eugene Brimhall 1
#13 Robert Bonestell Worldpay 1
#13 Malcolm Edward Leader Resmed Motor Technologies 1
#13 Eric Ryba Cryocor 1
#13 Linda M. Bonnell 1

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