Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gardnerville, NV ranks #4,465 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 618 patents from 139 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gardnerville, NV include Igt, Trimble Navigation Limited, Crititech. That works out to 99.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 139 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Harold E. Mattice Igt 75
2 Eric B. Rodal Trimble Navigation Limited 31
3 Mark Williams Crititech 25
#4 David Michael Smith The Boeing 22
#5 Charles Terrance Hatch GE 21
#6 Greg Johnson Micron 20
#7 Nathan Bowman Littrell GE 19
#7 Lysle Turnbeaugh GE 19
#9 Raymond Verle Jensen GE 17
#10 Timothy O. Van Leeuwen United States Surgical 15
#10 Myles Douglas Endologix 15
#12 Roger A. Hala GE 14
#13 Steve Morsa 13
#14 Michael L. Long Stanley Security Solutions 11
#15 Bryan Shadel GE 10
#15 Nicholas M. Maier Redsky Technologies 10
#17 Gregory Mark Alldredge GE 9
#17 Daniel Zahi Abawi GE 9
#17 Daryl Ronald Frogget GE 9
#17 David Folkner GE 9
#21 Alex Malavazos Sierra Design Group 8
#21 Jeffrey Neri X Development 8
#21 Gregory Malavazos Sierra Design Group 8
#24 Kenneth Paul Ceglia GE 7
#24 Nathan Andrew Weller GE 7
#26 Jack E. Howard GE 6
#26 David Homer Biggs Allen & Heath Limited 6
#26 Brian Dean Abbott GE 6
#29 Brian Martin Axness GE 5
#29 James Gibson Heetronix 5
#29 Thane Fleming Tahti GE 5
#32 Dwayne Andrew Folden GE 4
#32 Scott Roby Bently Nevada 4
#32 James Kosta Comcast 4
#32 Paul Nurmi 4
#32 Seth Ramirez D&L Company 4
#32 Daniel Farr Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 4
#32 Leonard K. Parker 4
#39 Robert Ivan Rose GE 3
#39 Mark Reiboldt Quanta Associates 3
#39 Robert Lloyd Spriggs Bently Nevada 3
#39 Harold Mattice Igt 3
#39 Han Tran GE 3
#39 Matthew Dean Anderson Bently Nevada 3
#39 Bruce P. Kearsley 3
#39 Jonathan Fox Metrix Instrument Co., Lp 3
#39 Karl D. Picking 3
#48 Lane Thomas Killion GE 2
#48 David John Sevey GE 2
#48 David Beauchamp 2

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