Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aspen, CO ranks #4,335 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 642 patents from 129 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aspen, CO include Immunolight, Waters Industries, Exos Gmbh. That works out to 91.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 129 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frederic A. Bourke, Jr. Immunolight 101
2 Michael Waters Waters Industries 94
3 Mark Joseph Exos Gmbh 42
#4 William James Hughes Sunstone 31
#5 Alexander Gross Nike 21
#6 Neal J. Beidleman Tendeg 18
#7 Mark Emberson Pure Storage 10
#7 Roger J. Brown Comfort Products 10
#9 Alex Hill Mott 9
#9 Matthew Jay 9
#11 Kenneth M. Ferrin 8
#11 William M. Foley, Jr. Unknown 8
#11 Raymond N. Auger Hunter Douglas 8
#14 Malcolm Brent Nark 7
#14 Steve Crawford Acumed 7
#14 Carl J. Freer Unknown 7
#14 John Lorne Campbell Seybold Guidewire Software 7
#18 Michael E. Berkeley 6
#18 Jeffrey L. Evans HP 6
#18 Mary Martin Eastman Kodak 6
#18 Dixie L. Rinehart Arthur D. Little Enterprises 6
#18 John Powers IBM 6
#18 Gennadiy A. Kukartsev Pearson Education 6
#18 Patrik Teppo Ericsson 6
#18 Peter Holman 6
#26 Charles Waters Dunlop Gmbh 5
#26 Eugene J. Christensen 5
#26 Davey B. Palmer Swan Valley Medical Incorporated 5
#26 Phil Edward Brinkley, Jr. AMD 5
#26 Timothy C. Rodell Globeimmune 5
#26 Ronald Haas Verex Laboratories 5
#26 William J. Lindsey Medex 5
#26 Gerald Murphy Caltech 5
#34 Ronald C. Kanan 4
#34 Stefan Albrecht Dag 4
#34 Flint Smith Cetus 4
#34 Timothy R. Marchessault 4
#34 Peter C. Greenberg Steelcase Development 4
#34 Ronnie Bryant ExxonMobil 4
#40 Tyler Santomaso Multi-Holding Ag 3
#40 Barry Lee Schumacher Unknown 3
#40 Peter C. Droste 3
#40 Michael Thomas Juran 3
#40 Robert R. Oden W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 3
#40 Ryan ROCHE Marxent Labs 3
#40 George Hakim 3
#40 John Steven Kyocera Wireless 3
#40 Rick Ellerbrock The Boeing 3
#40 Kenneth LeRoy Johnson Multi-Holding Ag 3
#40 Eduard W. H. Oliemans 3

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