Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windsor, CO ranks #1,796 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,846 patents from 237 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windsor, CO include Hitachi, HP, Water Pik. That works out to 56.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 237 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Masahiro Watanabe Hitachi 448
2 Donald J. Stavely HP 63
3 Harold A. Luettgen Water Pik 61
#4 Thomas C. Oliver 56
#5 Michael Meyer Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh 49
#6 Donald Soltis HP 42
#7 Richard R. Runkles Brock Usa 40
#8 Robert W. Moss 37
#9 Eric M. Rentschler HP 35
#10 Jason Yost HP 34
#11 Kevin Colburn HP 22
#12 Scott A. Beckley Eastman Kodak 21
#12 Levi J. Mitchell Lincoln Global 21
#14 Gary T. Elliott Huyabio International 20
#14 Michael R. Hoglund Medivance Incorporated 20
#16 Eric F. Aas HP 17
#17 Carl T. Madison, Jr. Oracle 16
#17 Justin A. Coppin Microsoft 16
#17 Douglas F. Paterson Atlas Pacific Engineering 16
#20 Philip Hartman Steam Tech 15
#20 Kyle R. Steele Nordson 15
#20 James H. Andersen G. Leblanc 15
#23 James A. Guggemos Google 14
#23 Jason T. Mahugh Forney Industries 14
#25 Christopher Wayne Turner Colorado State University 13
#25 Shane Ward HP 13
#25 Nathan Perkins Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. 13
#25 Robert R. Anderson Cloud Corporation 13
#25 Ted Ziemkowski 13
#30 Michael A. Ackerman Lextron 12
#30 Brett Johnson 12
#30 Jacob F. Aas Lincoln Global 12
#30 Daniel Flores Bench Tree Group 12
#30 Thomas Jordan Eastman Kodak 12
#35 Michael K. Handley University Of Illinois 11
#35 Don Soltis Intel 11
#35 Marc Keppler Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 11
#35 Scott Dhupar K2M 11
#35 Warren Howlett HP 11
#40 Harold Quicke Discovery Purchaser 10
#40 Chris Turner Pdc Machines 10
#42 Michael Jonathan Tschampl Hach 9
#42 Prabodh Joshi Ca 9
#42 John Medberry Agilent Technologies 9
#42 Peter David Maroni HP 9
#42 Corey Jaskolski 9
#42 Michael J. Larsen Carrier 9
#42 Richard H. Dumm 9
#42 Barry Carlson Tac Technologies 9
#42 Matthew J. Chase Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 9

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