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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vail, CO ranks #10,336 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 191 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vail, CO include Aircell, Cr Packaging, Allegiance. That works out to 39.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel B. McKenna Aircell 51
2 Simon Knobel Cr Packaging 19
3 Whitney Hopkins Allegiance 16
#4 Nelson N. Stone 3Dbiopsy 10
#5 Benjamin C. Stone The Mead 9
#6 Chris Karol Karol Designs 8
#7 Douglas C. Talbot 7
#7 Eric Strauch Creative Surgical Solutions 7
#9 Cameron James Brown 5
#10 Brandon J. Ford Unknown 4
#11 Bernard Theodore Simonett 3
#11 Raymond Kim Encore Medical, Lp 3
#11 John L. Knight, Jr. 3
#11 Jack D. Fritzlen 3
#11 Randall W. Viola Osteomed 3
#16 David Alan Burton Oracle 2
#16 Thomas R. Hackett Sonoma Orthopedic Products 2
#16 J. Richard Steadman Regen Biologics 2
#16 L. Walter Bujaryn 2
#16 Ladislav Lettovsky Sabre 2
#16 Don Welch Unknown 2
#22 B. T. Simonett 1
#22 Thomas O. CLANTON Arthrex 1
#22 William Christopher Wynne 1
#22 Alexander Santiago 1
#22 Macy Dawn Kunneman 1
#22 Muzaffer Gazioglu 1
#22 Ernest Earl Braxton, Jr. Integrity Implants 1
#22 Jessica Tenny Gill 1
#22 Shaun R. Doolen 1
#22 Donald Everett 1
#22 Thomas F. O'Conor 1
#22 Bramwell Cone 1
#22 Jeff Bassin 1
#22 G. Chris Kempf 1
#22 Eric H. Lohman 1
#22 Eric Archer 1
#22 Randall Alan Horton 1
#22 Ryan Devin Fenimore 1
#22 Joshua Nicholas Smith The Boeing 1
#22 Steven Brian Singleton Clemson University 1
#22 Erik J. Steinberg 1
#22 Lauraine K. Skolasinski 1
#22 Jacquelyn V. Amos 1
#22 Lee R. Caroselli 1
#22 Arlan G. Moore Unknown 1
#22 Douglas R. Vogel 1
#22 Thomas J. Perfetti 1
#22 Scott C. Lilienthal 1

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