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Lafayette, CO All Time

4,658 patents  ·  681 inventors  ·  153.2/1k pop.

Ranked #724 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Lafayette, CO ranks #724 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,658 patents from 681 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lafayette, CO include Covidien Lp, Dharmacon, Spectra Logic. That works out to 153.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 681 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Duane E. Kerr Covidien Lp 206
2 Stephen Scaringe Dharmacon 126
3 Matthew Thomas Starr Spectra Logic 86
#4 Kenlyn S. Bonn Covidien Lp 71
#5 Laszlo Hars The Boeing 69
#6 Keir Hart Covidien Lp 64
#7 Christopher P. Zook Cirrus Logic 62
#8 Vojtech Holub Digimarc 60
#9 Russell D. Hempstead Covidien Lp 56
#10 Philip Roy Covidien Lp 53
#11 Michael Goodner Intel 50
#11 Todd Vernon Open Invention Network Llc Nc 50
#13 William Bradley Bennett Magpul Industries 49
#14 Brian A. Scriber Cable Television Laboratories 46
#14 Michael J. Estes Dexcom 46
#16 Michael Roper Basf Se 45
#17 Kevin Ronald Condroski Array Biopharma 44
#17 Todd Little Oracle 44
#19 Brad Bennett Magpul Industries 42
#19 Jeffrey D. Stroomer AMD 42
#21 Vladimir Gorokhovsky G&H Technologies 36
#22 Joseph A. Paulus Covidien Lp 35
#23 Brian Steele Qualcomm 34
#24 Jason Ensher Insight Photonic Solutions 33
#24 Michael Minneman Insight Photonic Solutions 33
#26 Paul J. Hays Micro Motion 32
#26 Todd Michael Lammers Seagate Technology 32
#28 Douglas A. Crawford Nautilus 31
#29 John Alexander Koski IBM 30
#30 Harry B. Taylor Mizuno 28
#31 Alexander Karpeisky Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals 27
#31 Jeremy M. Fiester Magpul Industries 27
#33 Paul Metz Arbed S.A. 26
#33 Kurt J. Anglese Covidien Lp 26
#35 Charles Goran Google 25
#35 Tommy Guess Rambus 25
#35 Stephen Glennon Cable Television Laboratories 25
#38 Eileen Spindler Inscripta 23
#38 Kirk Gee Pierce GE 23
#40 Steven Choi Powervision 22
#40 Robert Taylor Composite Technology Development 22
#40 Michael Boucher Oracle 22
#43 Stephen S. Selkirk Storage Technology 21
#43 Jason W. Rupe Cable Television Laboratories 21
#43 Jacob D. Dove Covidien Lp 21
#43 Joshua Daniel Carter Spectra Logic 21
#43 Kevin J. Frank Covidien Lp 21
#48 Gary J. Rosenthal N30 Pharmaceuticals 20
#48 Bernard W. Bell, Jr. Dphi Acquisitions 20
#48 Lane W. Lee Dphi Acquisitions 20

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