Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Centennial, CO ranks #1,141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,932 patents from 514 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Centennial, CO include Dish Network L.L.C., Meridian International Co., Baxter International. That works out to 27.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 514 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nicholas Newell Dish Network L.L.C. 118
2 Brent Christopher Meridian International Co. 68
3 Richard J. Johnson Baxter International 61
#4 Joseph V. Ranalletta Baxter Corporation Englewood 56
#4 John Grant GE 56
#6 Jae Sang Lee Samsung 43
#7 Robert Bartek Kior 40
#8 Pratik Das Charter Communications Operating 39
#8 Mason Williams HGST 39
#10 Chad T. Wells Ppc Broadband 37
#10 Matthew Bradley Stokes Halliburton Energy Services 37
#12 Arlen K. Ward Covidien Lp 36
#13 Diwelawatte Jayawardene Charter Communications Operating 35
#14 Philip W. Wyers 34
#15 Zhihua Guo Johns Manville 30
#15 Mehul Patel Comcast 30
#17 Zubin Ingah 29
#18 Andrew Youngs Advanced Polymer Technology 28
#18 Michael John Block Johns Manville 28
#18 Michael J. Lastowski Patco 28
#21 Wayne J. Powell Colorado Energy Research Technologies 27
#22 John A. Martin Pentech 26
#22 Harley A. Borders American Air Liquide 26
#22 Brian Buege 26
#22 Steven R. Knight Parker-Hannifin 26
#26 Christopher M. Macheca Gordon*Howard Associates 25
#26 Daniel C. Venard Kärcher North America 25
#28 Randall L. Hughes Microblend Technologies 23
#29 Jeffrey W. Stansbury University of Colorado 22
#30 Robert Alan Orlowski Comcast 21
#30 Nobuhisa Yoda Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 21
#32 Bradley Wolf Credo Technology Group Limited 20
#32 Wilfred I. Tucker T-Mobile Usa 20
#34 Jim Hall Comcast 19
#34 Dean Stevinson 19
#34 Joshua Daniel Herbeck Green Ox Pallet Technology 19
#34 Adam M. Litwinski Schlage Lock Company 19
#38 Ashutosh Kumar Sinha Charter Communications Operating 18
#38 Thomas M. Johannsen Resurgent Health & Medical 18
#38 Gregory D. Van de Mark Green Ox Pallet Technology 18
#38 Michael Perri ExxonMobil 18
#42 Ramakrishna Ravikiran Promerus 17
#42 Mary Ann Franden Alliance For Sustainable Energy 17
#44 David B. Leach Comcast 16
#44 Valeriy Maisotsenko Idalex Technologies 16
#44 Erwin C. Hudson Viasat 16
#44 Ronnie S. Dhaliwal 16
#48 Lucas Kumosa Biological Dynamics 15
#48 Scott Hellman Pearson Education 15
#48 Venkata Ramana Divvi Charter Communications Operating 15

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