Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cottonwood Heights, UT ranks #3,920 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 737 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cottonwood Heights, UT include Cilag Gmbh International, Cricut, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 21.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joshua D. Talbert Cilag Gmbh International 164
2 Thomas Crisp Cricut 62
3 Jeffrey B. Lund Baker Hughes Holdings 44
#4 Joseph Spataro Becton, Dickinson And 40
#5 Charles W. McNall Avinger 32
#6 Max Sorenson Hzo 27
#7 Samuel H. Drake Firefly Automatix 22
#7 Jeffrey P. Anderson Zimmer 22
#9 John H. Fisher Visteon Global Technologies 19
#10 Azur Azapagic Curlin Medical 17
#11 Boyd L. Butler 16
#12 Brandon Nichols Kinestral Technologies 14
#12 Fred Lillywhite Goal Zero 14
#14 Sterling Robison Goal Zero 13
#15 Joe Spataro Bard Access Systems 11
#16 Joseph Frank Pierce, Jr. Merit Medical Systems 10
#17 Curtis D. Long Light Line Medical 8
#17 Jesse Parent Sorenson Communications 8
#19 Robert John Crisp Biofire Diagnostics 7
#19 Noah Syroid University Of Utah 7
#19 Rex Ribelin Silencerco 7
#22 Jeff Anderson Ncr 6
#22 Phil Eggers Domain Surgical 6
#22 Pierre Haren IBM 6
#22 Cameron Braithwaite Peloton Interactive 6
#22 Andrew Gary Sunseri Savage Arms 6
#27 Kevin Bret Wright Tolero Pharmaceuticals 5
#27 Derek Jewell Becton, Dickinson And 5
#27 Geoff Brown Powin 5
#27 Scott D. McDermott Immersion 5
#27 Nicole Sanders Tzero Ip 5
#32 Preston Evan Price Goal Zero 4
#32 Joshua Jones Gmi Holdings 4
#32 Nicholas T. Yaskoff 4
#32 Karla Bowles Myriad Genetics 4
#36 Geoffrey Ryan Maddox Lucid Software 3
#36 Kirk Loren Foote Merit Medical Systems 3
#36 Dave Parks Unknown 3
#36 Tyler Green Lam Research 3
#36 Rick Davis Burtenshaw 3
#41 Jeffery H. Easton Westech Engineering 2
#41 Kristen Rose Morse Recursion Pharmaceuticals 2
#41 Dillon Green 2
#41 Bryan T. Sharp Utah State University 2
#41 Kirby Bisline Mep Tech 2
#41 Lindsey E. Corum C.R. Bard 2
#41 Charles William McNall 2
#41 Preston Rowlette Broadcom 2
#41 Joshua Faustino Dg Holdings 2
#41 Andrew Zayach 2

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