Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheat Ridge, CO ranks #2,473 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 52 patents from 31 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheat Ridge, CO include Life Spine, Terumo Bct, Quantum. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–31 of 31 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel Predick Life Spine 11
2 Mark E. Hillam Terumo Bct 4
2 Stephen J. Stamm Quantum 4
#4 Lance Michael Wheeler Alliance For Sustainable Energy 2
#4 Christopher Remley Garlock Pipeline Technologies 2
#4 Keith W. Klontz Zero E Technologies 2
#4 Michael Zappe Fusion-Io 2
#4 Alexander Boehm 2
#9 Thomas H. Hopkins Zero E Technologies 1
#9 Blair Bryngelson 1
#9 Andrew Timon Brewer 1
#9 Joseph Faries Denniston, V 1
#9 Peter F. Klammer Covidien Lp 1
#9 Lahiru N. Jayakody Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#9 Jon Mark Holdman Oracle 1
#9 Kristin Gieck 1
#9 Stephen Strickland 1
#9 Scott T. Graham Zero E Technologies 1
#9 Lee Richard Mortimer Lifeloc Technologies 1
#9 Davis Benz Terumo Bct 1
#9 Dana Anthony Castronova Comptek Technologies 1
#9 Glenn Richard HAFENSTINE Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#9 Aaron Alfano Garlock Pipeline Technologies 1
#9 Tyler H. Crane Bank of America 1
#9 Casey Forrestal University of Colorado 1
#9 Amy Elizabeth Settle Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#9 John Franz Geisz Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#9 Will Loechel Inphase Technologies 1
#9 Yat-Chen Chou Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#9 Felipe J. Castillo Zero E Technologies 1
#9 Daniel Stehling Vita Inclinata Ip Holdings 1

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