Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Silverthorne, CO ranks #7,698 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 292 patents from 62 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Silverthorne, CO include Intel, Covidien Lp, Proterra Ag. That works out to 66.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 62 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David B. Andersen Intel 35
2 John W. Komp Covidien Lp 26
3 Dale Hill Proterra Ag 19
3 James Densmore Copp Akebia Therapeutics 19
3 Donald J. Samuels IBM 19
3 Robert Ashley Collagenex Pharmaceuticals 19
#7 Josef Erlebach 10
#7 Charles T. Lenzmeier Microsoft 10
#9 Thomas J. Balkany Advanced Bionics Ag 8
#9 Stuart G. Gordon Agriforce Growing Systems 8
#11 Daniel Joseph Paluska MIT 7
#12 John Land Le Coq Fishpond 6
#12 Burton Simon Unknown 6
#14 David Pytel Flowvision 5
#14 Randy Thomas Antelo GE 5
#14 Fintan Doyle Research In Motion Limited 5
#17 Mathew Sherwood 4
#17 Trygve Berge 4
#17 Mark Joseph Mathis 4
#17 James Copp Aerpio Pharmaceuticals 4
#21 William R. Epply 3
#21 Erika Karplus Proteus Digital Health 3
#21 John Land LeCoq Fishpond 3
#21 Alex Renner Oklo 3
#21 Richard K. Solomon 3
#21 Ram Pattisapu 3
#21 Scott Carlson 3
#28 Carl D Coy 2
#28 Danny W. Akers, II 2
#28 Kellie C. Akers 2
#28 Allison Olenginski 2
#28 Peter Klauser Amsted Rail Company 2
#28 Bruce Ruff 2
#28 Clarke B. Evans 2
#28 Graham Bryan Pritchett 2
#28 William J. Freund 2
#28 Paul Lippe 2
#28 Gregory William Taylor 2
#28 Jay Harlan HP 2
#28 Phillip Hilgert 2
#41 Thomas C. Lacy 1
#41 Paul Tajdus 1
#41 Padraic J. Cassidy 1
#41 Julian Z. Krieger 1
#41 Steven R. Link Unknown 1
#41 Leonard N. Hill Cyprus Amax Minerals 1
#41 Burt Simon 1
#41 Gregory Morrell Unknown 1
#41 Jim Dexter 1
#41 Dominic DiBrito 1

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