Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Frederick, CO ranks #3,465 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 857 patents from 86 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Frederick, CO include Covidien Lp, Time Warner Cable, Ricoh Company. That works out to 59.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 86 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter M. Mueller Covidien Lp 103
2 Chris Cholas Time Warner Cable 63
3 Jessica E. C. Olson Covidien Lp 57
#4 Bruce A. Phillips 54
#5 Walter F. Kailey Ricoh Company 52
#6 Christopher M. White Microsoft 44
#7 Arnold V. DeCarlo Covidien Lp 40
#8 Michael E. Halleck Ilife Systems 31
#9 Richard D. Moore Level 3 Communications 28
#10 William O. Reid, Jr. Covidien Lp 24
#10 Michael Sievers IBM 24
#12 Matthew S. Cowley Covidien Lp 22
#13 Alan Soloway Qualcomm 20
#13 Harvey Ray Hewlett Packard Enterprise 20
#15 Christopher L. Strong Illinois Tool Works 17
#16 Mark McLachlan Antsy Labs 15
#17 Christopher M. White Hunter Douglas 14
#18 Gary Bement Seagate Technology 12
#18 John W. Shaw Seagate Technology 12
#20 Curtis M. Siebenaller Covidien Lp 11
#20 James Chauvin Ricoh Company 11
#22 Jonathan Kraft Analog Devices 10
#22 Todd D. Robinson IBM 10
#22 Tyler Scott Stilson Coulter Ventures, Llc. 10
#25 Andrew J. Bernoth IBM 9
#26 Jeffrey D. Kiernan Mks Instruments 7
#26 Nicolas Edward Fosdick IBM 7
#26 Andrew W. Broerman Uop 7
#26 Chad ASHMORE Zoll Medical 7
#30 Berkley R. Charlton Pitney Bowes Software 6
#30 Joshua Johnson 6
#30 Justin Thompson Comcast 6
#33 Bryan L. Towsley 5
#33 Dana D. Tompkins Wyss Center For Bio And Neuro Engineering 5
#33 James W. Page Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 5
#33 Abedon Madril Micron 5
#37 Christopher R. Schumacher Bestop 3
#37 Christopher Berg University Of Texas System 3
#37 Ren Coleman Mesa Laboratories 3
#37 Daniel A. Shiley Malvern Panalytical Limited 3
#37 Garrett Walther Fuel Automation Station 3
#37 Christopher Gruner Hunter Douglas 3
#37 Stacy Lee Maydew Oracle 3
#44 Chris Sammoury Charter Communications Operating 2
#44 Gregory BERGSCHNEIDER Samsung 2
#44 Benjamin Bachmeier Magpul Industries 2
#44 Luree Melvin Level 3 Communications 2
#44 Jennifer Losasso-Tompkins Wyss Center For Bio And Neuro Engineering 2
#44 Jeffrey Kuhnke Charter Communications Operating 2
#44 Zachary Langley Color Health 2

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