Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lyons, CO ranks #2,419 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,290 patents from 145 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lyons, CO include Covidien Lp, Rca, Dot Hill Systems. That works out to 584.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 145 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph D. Brannan Covidien Lp 261
2 Peter A. Levine Rca 84
3 Victor Key Pecone Dot Hill Systems 51
#4 David C. DeCoster Rpc 35
#5 Craig Brainerd Van Cleve Micro Motion 34
#6 James S. Smith Boulder Wind Power 32
#7 Mark Laurence Boys Array Biopharma 28
#7 Stephen Milton Placeiq 28
#9 James R. Easter Cochlear Limited 27
#9 George C. Schloemer Syntex (U.S.A.) 27
#9 Rebecca J. Coulson Covidien Lp 27
#12 Peter Anderson Geiser Grapha-Holding Ag 26
#13 Kenneth R. Baker Qualcomm 25
#14 Patrick L. Dumbauld Covidien Lp 24
#15 Lockett E. Wood Covidien Lp 23
#16 G. Wayne Moore Sonora Medical Systems 22
#17 Michael H. Anderson Analog Devices 21
#18 Malcolm Gary LaFever Anonos 20
#19 Robert Kirk DeLisle Array Biopharma 19
#20 Ralph William Cross Seagate Technology 18
#21 Daniel S. Laska Crocs 16
#22 Katherine Santos Crocs 15
#23 David Kamholz Oracle 14
#23 Kriston Chapman Isonas 14
#23 Shirl Jones Isonas 14
#26 Kenneth W. Hill Agilent Technologies 12
#27 Charles C. Partee Syght 11
#27 Leonard Karpel Workday 11
#29 Stacey Spencer Loxo Oncology 10
#29 Kirk Cook Burris Company 10
#29 Adrian J. Hill Inphase Technologies 10
#32 Ryan Lange Jasco Products Company 9
#32 Brett W. Bader Digitalglobe 9
#32 Ryan A. Sievers Seagate Technology 9
#32 George York Google 9
#32 Kurt Wiesen Seagate Technology 9
#32 Craig Jacobs Eaton 9
#32 Adam Besen Google 9
#39 Anthony L. Priborsky Seagate Technology 8
#40 William F Demyanovich Gofire 7
#40 Gary Ross Mitchell Gofire 7
#40 Mark E. Nash 7
#40 Ross Swanson Disney 7
#44 Michael H. Lennard Seagate Technology 6
#44 Jon Karafin Google 6
#44 Paul D. Mischo Hunter Douglas 6
#47 Jan Meredith Vermilye 5
#47 Robert L. Billington Storage Technology 5
#47 John Steven Herron Oracle 5
#47 George C. Cope Benhov Gmbh 5

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