Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Longmont, CO ranks #237 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 590 patents from 313 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Longmont, CO include Cable Television Laboratories, Covidien Lp, Micron. That works out to 6.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 313 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas H. Williams Cable Television Laboratories 16
2 William J. Dickhans Covidien Lp 12
2 Michael Sheperek Micron 12
2 Bowden Ormsbee Nite Ize 12
#5 Joe D. Sartor Covidien Lp 9
#6 Karthik Ganesan Handylab 8
#7 Steven S. Williams Seagate Technology 7
#7 Kenneth E. Anderson Akonia Holographics 7
#7 Gerald L. Cadloni Micron 7
#7 Stacey Secatch Seagate Technology 7
#11 Christopher Nicholas Allo Seagate Technology 6
#11 William H. Nau, Jr. Covidien Lp 6
#11 Robert B. Huston Ada Carbon Solutions 6
#14 Benjamin J. Scott Seagate Technology 5
#14 Barry Neil Fulkerson Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 5
#14 Craig Rolland Norman Chep Technology Pty Limited 5
#14 James J. Buck, Jr. Bi Incorporated 5
#14 David M. Garrison Covidien Lp 5
#14 David Lee Trachy Spectra Logic 5
#14 Douglas Farrar Coherus Biosciences 5
#14 Shirish Bahirat Micron 5
#14 Darion R. Peterson Covidien Lp 5
#14 Purvishkumar H. Soni Covidien Lp 5
#14 Brennan Peterson Intel 5
#25 Deepak Sridhara Seagate Technology 4
#25 Samuel Edward Severson Seagate Technology 4
#25 Andrew Rudolph Heyd Liqid 4
#25 Arvind Sridharan Seagate Technology 4
#25 Francesca Rossetto Covidien Lp 4
#25 Stuart Hoggan Cable Television Laboratories 4
#25 Ian Davies Dot Hill Systems 4
#25 Jennifer Kotch Hach 4
#25 Zheng Wang Seagate Technology 4
#25 James G. Metz Martek Biosciences 4
#25 Larry M. Ernst Ricoh Company 4
#25 Michael B. Danielson Micron 4
#25 Gerardo A. Brucker Mks Instruments 4
#38 Jerry M. Kuner Martek Biosciences 3
#38 Purvish Soni Covidien Lp 3
#38 James Kremer Oracle 3
#38 Stuart MacDonald Ambler Microsoft 3
#38 Mark F. Smith Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 3
#38 Mark Thibadeau Thule Sweden Ab 3
#38 Eric D. Hybertson 3
#38 Douglas William Dewey IBM 3
#38 Todd W. Boucher Covidien Lp 3
#38 Michael C. Clark Tapco International 3
#38 Jerry J. Broz International Test Solutions 3
#38 Lawrence S. Melvin, Jr. Pfizer 3
#38 Robert L. Conatser Graphic Packaging International 3

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