Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carson City, NV ranks #1,877 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,744 patents from 349 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carson City, NV include Greatbatch, Igt, Physical Systems.

Showing 1–50 of 349 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard L. Brendel Greatbatch 91
2 Jean Pierre Legras Igt 88
3 James A. Vasquez Igt 75
#4 David C. Williams Igt 53
#5 Jason Woods Greatbatch 48
#5 Charles G. Hutter, III Physical Systems 48
#7 Forrest James Brown Dockon Ag 43
#8 Thomas C. Kuracina Injectimed 42
#9 Michael C. Gagne Repligen 37
#10 Eric Taylor Aristocrat Technologies 33
#11 Christopher T. Brune Igt 27
#12 John E. Roberts Greatbatch 25
#12 Rodney Chin Nellcor Puritan Bennett 25
#12 Jan K. Kunczynski Unknown 25
#15 Donald W. Schmanski Carsonite International 23
#15 Lawrence G. Brown Milestone Scientific 23
#17 Claude Vogel Sandoz Ag 19
#18 Myrl J. Saarem Richdel 18
#19 Farshid Atashband Bally Gaming 17
#20 Rory L. Block Wms Gaming 16
#20 Michael Schlicht Fraunhofer 16
#22 Jonathan L. Jones Transtector Systems 15
#23 Christian Cermelli Principle Power 14
#23 Dominique Roddier Principle Power 14
#23 John F. Reynolds Seminis Vegetable Seeds 14
#23 William Fletcher Kaarya 14
#27 Terry D. Warkentin Wms Gaming 12
#27 Brett Hartt Ifixit 12
#27 Jim A. Vasquez Igt 12
#27 Steven Thomas Clemens Bently Nevada 12
#31 Richard James Reeve Apple 11
#32 Peter Gibbons 10
#32 Richard R. Tracy Aerion 10
#32 Dennis K. Mead Igt 10
#32 Kyle Rothchild Igt 10
#32 John W. Chamberlain Igt 10
#37 Robert T. Davis Wms Gaming 9
#37 Kevin Updegrove Chromalloy Gas Turbine 9
#37 Dennis M. Anderson Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 9
#37 Brady Jones Avx 9
#37 David Kang Chromalloy Gas Turbine 9
#37 Joshua D. Linn Haws 9
#37 Donald E. Lovelace Richdel 9
#44 Robert Paul Stachow GE 8
#44 Sean Kelly Summers GE 8
#44 Barry Lautzenhiser Emhiser Research Limited 8
#44 Samuel H. Howe Lsp Products Group 8
#44 Michael Oliver Brunswick 8
#44 Ronald E. Kunzel Data Flow Technologies 8
#50 Gregory Weber Moog 7

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