Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minden, NV ranks #2,432 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 57 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minden, NV include GE, Intuitive Surgical, Franklin Armory Holdings. That works out to 16.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dan Tho Lu GE 13
2 Jacqueline Marie Tappan GE 6
3 Craig R. Ramstad Intuitive Surgical 4
#4 Jay Leonard Jacobson Franklin Armory Holdings 3
#4 Ryan Gregory Roaldson GE 3
#6 Michael Alan Tart GE 2
#6 Curtis Lee Hoffman GE 2
#6 Paul Richetta Bently Nevada 2
#6 Steve Merrill The Board Of Regents Of The Nevada System Of Higher Education On Behalf Of The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas 2
#10 Raymond Sidney Covia Labs 1
#10 Taylor James Clarke Chemeon Surface Technology 1
#10 Jamie Bianchini Ludela Technologies 1
#10 Kurt Hilts Sg Gaming 1
#10 Trevor Shaun Kavanaugh GE 1
#10 Kyle Allan Farwell GE 1
#10 Thomas Franklin Kalb GE 1
#10 Trevor Cowan Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 1
#10 Dustin Hess Bently Nevada 1
#10 Patti Graf 1
#10 Mel Gabriel Maalouf GE 1
#10 Troy Wilson Bsh Home Appliances 1
#10 Brant Wilhelm GE 1
#10 Rodney Aiglstorfer Mfoundry 1
#10 Aaron R. Hampton Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 1
#10 Ashok Kumar Yannam 1
#10 Robert Ronald Nikkels Bently Nevada 1
#10 Elaine Patrice Pelletier Brainsonix 1
#10 Brian Bowlds GE 1
#10 Olga Malakhova GE 1

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