Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Telluride, CO ranks #10,867 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 177 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Telluride, CO include NVIDIA, Acucela, Danaher. That works out to 67.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David B. Kirk NVIDIA 51
2 Lukas Scheibler Acucela 22
3 Paul Barclay Purcell Danaher 15
#4 Tye Jensen Seed Health 11
#5 Jeffrey Barish Euphonics Incorporated 5
#6 Mark Hauswald Stc.Unm 4
#6 Richard M. Hurwitz 4
#6 Brett P. GUARRERO 4
#6 Brian Mason Degenhardt Comcast 4
#6 Matthew Robert Mitchell 4
#11 Beverly Cusick Taylor 3
#11 Mike Cope Unknown 3
#11 David M. Zutler 3
#11 Scott Robert Bridger 3
#11 Matthew C. Grout Mks Instruments 3
#16 Michael Isaac Avanade Holdings 2
#16 Chris Christian 2
#16 Samuel T. Fulton 2
#16 Gary Cantor 2
#16 Moiz Kohari Novell 2
#16 Ronald G. Haagenstad 2
#22 Shawn Patrick Greenwood 1
#22 Eli Doose 1
#22 Ronald L. Joseph 1
#22 Jerald Leroy Klein 1
#22 Brad Mosell 1
#22 M. Lee Taylor 1
#22 Ron L. Klein 1
#22 Christopher John Lombino 1
#22 Gracie Everitt 1
#22 Daan Stevenson 1
#22 Marney PRINCE 1
#22 Reeve Johnson 1
#22 John Ferrera 1
#22 Tony Serro 1
#22 Rick Lamphere 1
#22 Michael J. Turrin 1
#22 Gerald R. Ellis Micro Motion 1
#22 Richard B. Zortman 1
#22 Kristyn Shumway 1
#22 Jon S. Dahl 1
#22 Brett McMillen 1
#22 Richard P. Kearney 1
#22 James A. Bartschi 1
#22 Glenn A. Hagen 1
#22 Keith E. Hampton 1
#22 David M. Sobie Freemarkets 1

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