Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cheyenne, WY ranks #3,591 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 822 patents from 197 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cheyenne, WY include Genghiscomm Holdings, IBM, Imagination Technologies Limited. That works out to 12.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 197 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steve Shattil Genghiscomm Holdings 149
2 Robert D. Wilhelm IBM 32
3 Ian King Imagination Technologies Limited 26
#4 William A. Coulson Wilmarc Holdings 24
#5 Marcia Coulson Wilmarc Holdings 23
#6 Joshua Hartmann Dish Network L.L.C. 22
#6 Christofer Hardy Dish Technologies L.L.C. 22
#8 Joan D. Sheridan 21
#9 Gary D. Golichowski Water Pik 20
#10 Roger S. Hoover Shape Security 18
#11 David Harding Imageware Systems 16
#12 Richard Kane Varian Medical Systems 13
#13 Ross M. Hinschberger Easton Technical Products 10
#13 Stephen T. Sullivan Mountain Origins Design 10
#15 Timothy L. Pope Schlumberger Technology 9
#15 Shawn P. Higgins Cross Innovations 9
#15 John Kizziar Cypress Semiconductor 9
#15 Jerome E. Swanson 3M 9
#15 Robert F. Deike Construction Robotics Gmbh 9
#20 John F. Ackermann GE 8
#21 Samuel Whitley Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 7
#21 Bert Vermeulen Breaching Technologies 7
#21 Michael S. Coppinger Thunder Beast Aims 7
#21 Donald P. LoGuercio Djo 7
#21 Stephen Scott Delphi Technologies 7
#21 Patrick O'Grady 7
#21 Chris Hardy Dish Technologies L.L.C. 7
#21 Thomas Allan Yarborough Dish Technologies L.L.C. 7
#29 Charles Cameron 6
#29 Scott Lesher Sysmex 6
#29 W. Carlton RECKLING Si-Bone 6
#29 Ronald Taylor Schaeffler 6
#33 Douglas Brendle 5
#33 Brennan Kilty Honeywell 5
#33 James D. Elliott Amf Gmbh 5
#33 Steven R. Mattson Voestalpine Nortrak 5
#33 James A. Helzer The Unicover 5
#33 Mark James Landes 5
#33 Eskild T. Arntzen Lsi 5
#33 Patrick McManus Simpson Strong-Tie Company 5
#41 Hugh Aaron Selway Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 4
#41 Shih-Jen Wu U.S. Silica 4
#41 James W. Brinkerhoff Motorola 4
#41 Charles G. Mones University Of Wyoming Research 4
#41 Daniel M Esquibel HP 4
#41 Josh Stumbo Echostar Broadcasting 4
#41 Paul Bellotti Dish Technologies L.L.C. 4
#41 Garrett Roark 4
#49 Keith Ketcher Accenture Global Services Limited 3
#49 Diosdado G. Pangan Standex International 3

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