Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hudson, WI ranks #1,265 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 101 patents from 62 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hudson, WI include 3M, Commscope Technologies, Seagate Technology. That works out to 6.8 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 R. Holm 3M 6
1 Jeffrey Jacob Cernohous 3M 6
3 Robert A. Asmus 3M 4
3 Michael James Ott Commscope Technologies 4
#5 Joel William Hoehn Seagate Technology 3
#5 Barry W. Robole 3M 3
#5 Michael E. Lauters 3M 3
#5 Matthew H. Rust Antares Pharma 3
#5 Wesley A. Raider 3M 3
#10 Thomas E. Dewey NVIDIA 2
#10 Robert J. Webb 3M 2
#10 James R. Mujwid Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#10 Mark Wright Ford 2
#10 Craig D. Anderson Rockwell Automation 2
#10 Karl J. Grajkowski Polaris Industries 2
#10 Michael J. Annen 3M 2
#10 John S. Edwards 3M 2
#10 Jesse D. Miller 3M 2
#10 John D. Stelter 3M 2
#10 William J. Kopecky 3M 2
#10 Jeffrey Michael Schultz Ecolab Usa 2
#10 Lester O. Stener Medtronic 2
#23 Jonathan B. Arthur 3M 1
#23 Jonathan F. Hester 3M 1
#23 Joseph S. Warner 3M 1
#23 William Thomas Hambleton Winfield Solutions 1
#23 Phong V. Ha 3M 1
#23 Thomas Joseph Mettler Waterous 1
#23 Cynthia A. Timmerman 3M 1
#23 Kent T. Engle 3M 1
#23 Beatrice Etzold 3M 1
#23 Anthony W. Schauer Uroplasty 1
#23 Daniel O'Brien Schlumberger Technology 1
#23 Wayne Phillips Diversey 1
#23 Emily T. Brown Target Brands 1
#23 Larry S. Hebert 3M 1
#23 Dewain Wasson Mcmillan Electric 1
#23 Dennis L. Krueger 3M 1
#23 Krystal Garringer 3M 1
#23 James J. Boschuetz, Jr. Allen-Bradley Company 1
#23 Luke E. Rose 1
#23 Scott E. Jahns Medtronic 1
#23 Bryan C. Feisel 3M 1
#23 Andrew K. Hartzell 3M 1
#23 Richard T. Kaul Lsi 1
#23 David M. Castiglione 3M 1
#23 Steve A. Swinney, II The Toro 1
#23 Nicholas B. Manor 3M 1
#23 David M. Wesley Healthpartners Institute 1
#23 Jessi Jackson Meyer 1

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