Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Berthoud, CO ranks #2,452 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,267 patents from 185 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Berthoud, CO include Intel, Micron, Covidien Lp. That works out to 122.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 185 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Travis T. Schluessler Intel 189
2 Bruce A. Liikanen Micron 167
3 Gene H. Arts Covidien Lp 56
#4 Paul R. Schumacher AMD 51
#5 Carl T. Whitaker Nordson 34
#6 John DeMattei Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 26
#7 Joseph W. Cacka Water Pik 25
#8 Michael J. Zolock Micro Motion 21
#9 Richard C. Essig Bestop 18
#10 Myron Loewen Intel 17
#10 William K. Wheeler Datascope 17
#12 Ronald Dean Gillingham Storage Technology 16
#13 Robert F. Jessen Ricoh Company 15
#14 Rick Owen Jones Lexmark International 14
#14 Paul J. M. Suni Lockheed Martin 14
#14 Nicholas P. Rettedal St Reproductive Technologies 14
#17 Bernard L. Wilzbach Lexmark International 13
#17 Richard D. Ridley Occidental Oil Shale 13
#17 Stephen E. Fischer IBM 13
#20 Kevin M. Conlon Align Technology 12
#20 Stephen W. Farnsworth 12
#20 Christopher Roberts Syntex (U.S.A.) 12
#20 Allan L. Samson Micro Motion 12
#20 Aron Erickson Chromadex 12
#20 Walter E. Strippgen Acromed 12
#26 Jeffrey J. Pream Seagate Technology 11
#26 Stephen R. Decker Alliance For Sustainable Energy 11
#26 Michael Barich Dropworks 11
#29 Philip Gatt Lockheed Martin 10
#29 Larry T. Cooper IBM 10
#29 Marcus A. Carlson Western Digital Technologies 10
#29 Eugene L. Bothun Windsor Industries 10
#33 Richard E. Rupp, Jr. Maxtor 9
#33 James H. Parsons Shakespeare Company 9
#33 Michael L. Tartaglia Optical Communication Products 9
#33 Charles Y. Lafontaine Magnetic Applications 9
#33 Greg D. Larrew Seagate Technology 9
#38 Steven E. Butcher Covidien Lp 8
#38 P. Keith Kelly Ball Aerospace & Technologies 8
#40 Timothy C. Groat Stored Energy Systems, A Limited Liability 7
#40 Kurt J. Worrell Lsi 7
#40 Roger L. Schafer Innovative Switchgear Ip 7
#40 Dana C. Fisher Western Digital Technologies 7
#40 Josh Van Riper Align Technology 7
#45 Mark Reavis Composite Technology Development 6
#45 Gregory J. Fetzer Arete Associates 6
#45 Paul M. Rutt Brooks Automation Gmbh 6
#45 Barry Eppler Agilent Technologies 6
#45 Charles Theodore Orleskie Dieterich Standard 6
#45 Daniel G. Franke HP 6

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