Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Castle Rock, CO ranks #1,405 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,381 patents from 429 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Castle Rock, CO include Nxstage Medical, Foro Energy, Sunlight Photonics. That works out to 32.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 429 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dennis M. Treu Nxstage Medical 133
2 Mark S. Zediker Foro Energy 106
3 Michael Cyrus Sunlight Photonics 63
#4 Frank S. Bono Paragon 28 52
#5 Prakash Patel Fujifilm Imaging Colorants 44
#5 Danny J. Minnick Dish Technologies L.L.C. 44
#7 Michael D. Durham Ada-Es 41
#8 Aaron Morgan Huber Johns Manville 39
#9 Ian Rudolf Bratt Tilera 36
#10 Jon P. Radloff Rovi Guides 34
#10 Jason Anguiano Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 34
#12 Daniel Decker Danko Manufacturing 33
#13 Stanley R. Peters J&P Invesco 31
#14 John S. McCoskey Comcast 27
#15 Daniel L. Rudolph Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 26
#15 Peter M. Foley Skydex Technologies 26
#17 Barry Johnson Bristol-Myers Squibb 24
#17 Donald R. Gilbreath Gates 24
#17 Kyle Hansen The Kyjen Company 24
#17 Marek Hajduczenia Charter Communications Operating 24
#21 Robert L. Gault Marpac 23
#22 Roger H. Cayton Ada Carbon Solutions 22
#22 Steven E. Arthur First Data 22
#24 James Michael Wilmsen Requisite Technology 20
#25 Tyson Henry Textron Innovations 18
#25 Thomas B. Sayor The Western Union 18
#27 Robert Bennett Invitrogen 17
#27 Richard White Triboro Quilt Manufacturing 17
#27 David A. Owen The Western Union 17
#27 Daniel L. Hansen Medtronic 17
#31 Henry Yu Cadence Design Systems 16
#31 Brad Harris Moxtek 16
#31 Dave Owen The Western Union 16
#31 Abid Khan Level 3 Communications 16
#31 Jeffrey M. Shock Johns Manville 16
#31 Jason Fruh Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 16
#37 Waqar Khan Halliburton Energy Services 15
#37 Christopher Grundemann Cable Television Laboratories 15
#37 Scott Allen Hollister Incorporated 15
#40 Scott Williamson Weatherford/Lamb 14
#41 James B. Dodson Lucan Technologies 13
#41 Michael David Ewing Landmark Graphics 13
#41 Barry H. Koepke GE 13
#41 Joseph Ray Wilding Biofire Technologies 13
#41 Kranti Kilaru Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 13
#46 Richard R. Gilbert Plastic Development Group 12
#46 Mark Colgin Aspenbio Pharma 12
#48 Joshua D. Wade Dish Network L.L.C. 11
#48 Jayson Hill 11
#48 Marc Kevin Fisher Proppant Express Solutions 11

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