Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Golden, CO ranks #568 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 244 patents from 151 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Golden, CO include Paragon 28, Navajo Manufacturing Company, Alliance For Sustainable Energy. That works out to 12.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 151 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Randy Allard Paragon 28 11
2 Gordon Levy Navajo Manufacturing Company 6
2 Gregg Tyler BECKHAM Alliance For Sustainable Energy 6
#4 Joelle T. Maslak Level 3 Communications 5
#5 Bernard McKibben Cable Television Laboratories 4
#5 Jerald Edward Jones Illinois Tool Works 4
#5 Troy L. Holsing Veran Medical Technologies 4
#5 David Skiba Avaya 4
#5 Logan Goodrich Vita Inclinata Ip Holdings 4
#5 Adam Eng Comcast 4
#5 Timothy Slatcher Palantir Technologies 4
#5 Valerie Lisa Rhoades Illinois Tool Works 4
#13 Joseph P. Markham Bounce 3
#13 Michael D. Heath Carestream Health 3
#13 Ryan Matthew France Alliance For Sustainable Energy 3
#13 Joseph Moctezuma Sdgi 3
#13 Michael J. Asheim Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 3
#13 Matanya B. Horowitz Amp Robotics 3
#13 Jonathan Todd Bravman Shukla Medical 3
#13 Franz David Garsombke Rachio 3
#13 Jeffrey Lee Blackburn Alliance For Sustainable Energy 3
#13 Anuj Chauhan University of Florida 3
#13 Dane Gillaspie View 3
#24 Nicholas A. RORRER Alliance For Sustainable Energy 2
#24 Eliot Kapit Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 2
#24 Katherine Elaine Hurst Alliance For Sustainable Energy 2
#24 Chunmei Ban Alliance For Sustainable Energy 2
#24 Stephen McElhenny 2
#24 Jeramy D. Zimmerman University of Michigan 2
#24 Brian J. Nankervis Terumo Bct 2
#24 Sarah G. McMurray Ada Carbon Solutions 2
#24 Michael Nickel Boa Technology 2
#24 Robert J. Braun Colorado School Of Mines 2
#24 Adam Nathan Cuneo Illinois Tool Works 2
#24 Bert Van Der Zaag 2
#24 Kurt Heier Verint Americas 2
#24 Daniel A. Joseph Covidien Lp 2
#24 Steven Thomas Christensen Alliance For Sustainable Energy 2
#24 Robert M. Zubrin Pioneer Energy 2
#24 Wesley J. Weber Baxter Corporation Englewood 2
#24 Mark Whipple Broadcom 2
#24 Laura Athena Freeman General Motors 2
#24 Martin Keller Ferag Ag 2
#24 Jonathan Harahush Verizon 2
#24 Ryan Buttimer Ford 2
#24 Taylor Polodna Terumo Bct 2
#47 Roy Aune Liberty Ollfield Services 1
#47 Jason Myers 1
#47 Steven Charles Gebhard Tda Research 1
#47 Jacqueline L. Harding Colorado School Of Mines 1

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