Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Craig, CO ranks #7,575 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 299 patents from 73 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Craig, CO include IBM, Intel, In Situ Technology. That works out to 33.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 73 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas R. Miller IBM 47
2 David A. Wallace Intel 38
3 Vesper A. Vaseen In Situ Technology 20
#4 Gregory L. Cross Sun Housing 16
#5 Rudy R. Proctor Turbo Tek Enterprises 15
#6 Robert E. Gramera 10
#6 John M. Laferty Amax 10
#8 Pershing R. Van Scoyk Unknown 9
#9 Wendell C. Cross Sun Housing 8
#9 Manfred J. Woog 8
#9 Ronald D. Young IBM 8
#12 David E. Hyatt Ada Environmental Solutions 7
#13 Clint Cannon 6
#14 Jerry McDermott Technical Concepts 4
#14 Thomas E. Howard Joy Manufacturing 4
#14 Robert B. Farrington Midwest Research Institute 4
#14 Randy Woods Magnasphere 4
#14 James Marshall Stoddard 4
#14 Shawn D. Keil Caridianbct Biotechnologies 4
#20 Thomas Navarro 3
#20 Joseph P. Lederhos ExxonMobil 3
#22 Mark D. Byrnes Danfoss Power Solutions 2
#22 Dale A. Raines 2
#22 Candice Ann Makowski 2
#22 Charles R. Mauro 2
#22 Daniel W. Gillespie Resource Technology Associates 2
#22 Charles W. Schmidt 2
#22 Leonard F. Hug Optima Batteries 2
#22 Cicelee Renee Makowski 2
#22 Thomas S. Evans Unknown 2
#22 V. A. Vaseen Unknown 2
#22 Patrick Hersco 2
#22 Tamara K Miller Globeimmune 2
#22 Jonathan Terry 2
#22 Robert D. Mangelsdorf, Jr. 2
#22 Wade P Watts Newport 2
#37 Randall L. Sloan 1
#37 Michael B. Douglass 1
#37 Michael K. Greenburg Special Product 1
#37 Delbert L. Schmidt 1
#37 Robert F. Karr 1
#37 Linda J. Scholes-Witty 1
#37 Bradley S. High 1
#37 Vasper A. Vaseen 1
#37 Herbert J. Wanderer 1
#37 Cheryl Gray Sabre 1
#37 Henry T. Choquette A.R. Wilfley & Sons 1
#37 Larry J. Pittman 1
#37 Thomas L. Cooke 1
#37 Thayer R. Brunson Rmo 1

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