Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fargo, ND ranks #1,169 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 109 patents from 64 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fargo, ND include John Deere, Pioneer (Corteva), Prx Performance. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 64 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Noel W. Anderson John Deere 13
2 Long Wu John Deere 6
3 Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#4 Brian B. Brasch Prx Performance 3
#4 Mark D. Schmaltz John Deere 3
#4 Joshua N. Gelinske Appareo Systems 3
#4 Erik S. Hopperstad Prx Performance 3
#4 Christopher J. Schmit John Deere 3
#4 John O'Mahony Chf Solutions 3
#10 Mitchell Lee Crary Industries 2
#10 Adam A. Reich Intel 2
#10 Bradley R. Thurow Appareo Systems 2
#10 Neal D. Clements John Deere 2
#10 Alan K. Gilman John Deere 2
#10 Matthew R. Semler Kulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V. 2
#10 Damir Cavkusic Crary Industries 2
#10 John R. Nannenga Microsoft 2
#10 Kory W. Weckman IBM 2
#10 Andrew D. Wieland John Deere 2
#10 Aron Fisk John Deere 2
#10 Paul R. Bramel Microsoft 2
#10 Ben Richard Crary Industries 2
#23 Landon Jerome Dewald 1
#23 Jennifer Ranz Microsoft 1
#23 Brian Meier Microsoft 1
#23 Kevin Larsen John Deere 1
#23 Neil Jensen Adtran 1
#23 Jon Thomas Jacobson John Deere 1
#23 Arumugasamy Elangovan Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#23 Philip Boudjouk Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#23 James W. Bastian 1
#23 Charles L. Asplin 1
#23 Christopher L. Giese Cds-John Blue 1
#23 Kenneth Valentine Axtman 1
#23 Michael Quamme Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#23 Robert Wagner Carefree/Scott Fetzer 1
#23 David C. Batcheller Appareo Systems 1
#23 Steven S. Bailey Cds-John Blue 1
#23 Sateesh Kumar Kodavali Microsoft 1
#23 Prajakta S. Kulkarni Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#23 Peder Alfred Nystuen Appareo Systems 1
#23 Nathan John Tabbut Caterpillar 1
#23 Jeremiah Smith Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#23 Russell Wilfred Kommer Unknown 1
#23 Yury Mikheev Microsoft 1
#23 Daren W. Herman Polaris Industries 1
#23 Brian J. Booth John Deere 1
#23 Robert Bernhardt Microsoft 1
#23 Marcia M. Hagen USDA 1
#23 Xiangfa Wu Ndsu Research Foundation 1

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