Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arvada, CO ranks #607 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,539 patents from 1,140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arvada, CO include Unknown, Nuvasive, Magpul Industries. That works out to 44.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hyok S. Lew Unknown 211
2 Norbert Kaula Nuvasive 139
3 Brian L. Nakayama Magpul Industries 124
#4 Dennis J. Hlavinka Terumo Bct 82
#5 James Singleton Little Second Sight Medical Products 79
#6 Michael Jeffrey Procopio Google 62
#7 Don Powell Micron 53
#8 Grant D. Miller IBM 51
#8 David S. Mohler Avaya 51
#10 Joseph Paul Manes Oracle 50
#11 David T. Hoge Storage Technology 46
#12 Eric D. Golesh Nautilus 43
#13 Mark A. Jacober Ball 42
#14 Stephen T. Flock Rocky Mountain Biosystems 41
#15 Craig V. Krastins Covidien Lp 40
#16 Yon S. Lew 37
#16 Alan Phillips Black & Decker 37
#18 Robert A. Reeves Unknown 36
#19 Michael T. Bucaro GE 35
#20 Jeffrey N. Steinmetz Bio2 Medical 33
#21 Christopher J. Sorensen Abl Ip Holding 30
#22 Richard A. Gill Storage Technology 29
#23 Mark L. Kreider Oracle 28
#23 Tom Chen Inventec 28
#23 Brent W. Smith Level 3 Communications 28
#23 Richard David Hunt Paragon 28 28
#23 Anthony William Pankratz Micro Motion 28
#23 Daniel J. Schneider Somalogic 28
#29 Jered Harvey Dean Patroness 27
#30 Ronald J. McLaughlin The Pullman 26
#30 Ian N. Askill Medlogic Global Limited 26
#32 Christopher D. Hanson Meurer Research 25
#32 Brett James Pardikes Amsa 25
#32 Patrick Martin 25
#35 Terence M. Thomas Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 24
#35 Gary L. Griffith 24
#37 John A. Hammerland, III Covidien Lp 23
#37 Marc E. Voorhees Medivance Incorporated 23
#37 Charles B. Benham Rentech 23
#37 James K. Kindig Genesis Research 23
#37 Michael Michelsen The Western Union 23
#37 Matthew S. Johannes Outrider Technologies 23
#43 Leo W. Beckstead Amax 22
#43 Mark Jeffrey Pavol Primestar Solar 22
#45 Eric Wood Asm America 21
#46 John C. Owens Storage Technology 20
#46 Steven C. Rupp Covidien Lp 20
#46 Donald L. Heefner Sepracor 20
#46 Nancy Shepard 20
#50 Kevin H. Schilling Grain Processing 19

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