Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arvada, CO ranks #642 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 219 patents from 135 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arvada, CO include Paragon 28, Nuvasive, Terumo Bct. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 135 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard David Hunt Paragon 28 8
2 Norbert Kaula Nuvasive 6
2 Dennis J. Hlavinka Terumo Bct 6
2 Brett James Pardikes Amsa 6
#5 Mark L. Kreider Oracle 5
#5 Joseph Kelly Latent Heat Solutions 5
#7 Michael Jeffrey Procopio Google 4
#7 Brian L. Nakayama Magpul Industries 4
#7 Patrick Martin 4
#10 Jered Harvey Dean Patroness 3
#10 Justin Colwell Cable Television Laboratories 3
#10 Michael Michelsen The Western Union 3
#10 Christopher D. Hanson Meurer Research 3
#10 James Singleton Little Second Sight Medical Products 3
#10 Jeffrey S. Neafsey Schlage Lock Company 3
#10 Craig V. Krastins Covidien Lp 3
#10 Peter March Atlas Material Testing Technology Gmbh 3
#10 Lynn Bush Dashamerica 3
#10 Daryl E. Magner 3
#10 Yusuf Gurkaynak Premier Energy Holdings 3
#10 Christopher J. Sorensen Abl Ip Holding 3
#10 Steven C. Rupp Covidien Lp 3
#23 Brett Michael Brotherton Lgs Innovations 2
#23 Dennis C. White West 2
#23 Brennan Hall Johns Manville 2
#23 Andrew Timothy Maxey Vartega 2
#23 Paul K. McDonnell Level 3 Communications 2
#23 Thomas I. Boundy The Boeing 2
#23 Eric D. Golesh Nautilus 2
#23 Steven D. Meyer Level 3 Communications 2
#23 Melinda Nies Consumerinfo.Com 2
#23 James Baer Oracle 2
#23 Steven M. Rdzak Level 3 Communications 2
#23 Scott L. Caruso Cable Television Laboratories 2
#23 Geneva Ladtkow Covidien Lp 2
#23 Donald Stark Google 2
#23 Grant D. Miller IBM 2
#23 Matt John Ninesling Spectra Logic 2
#23 Daniel J. Schneider Somalogic 2
#23 Anthony Aguilar Philips Electronics North America 2
#23 John A. Hammerland, III Covidien Lp 2
#42 Robert A. Reeves Unknown 1
#42 Michael G. Bowman 1
#42 Darren Loher Level 3 Communications 1
#42 Ryan J. Murphy The Johns Hopkins University 1
#42 Mark A. Jacober Ball 1
#42 Gregory Allan Staab 1
#42 Xiaowen Chen Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#42 Thomas G. DiLorenzo Terumo Bct 1
#42 Lawrence Alexander Duarte 1

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