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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,701 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 72 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Falkor Sid, Applied Materials. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 23
2 Ronald Tib Thomsen 5
3 Aaron A. McGinty Falkor Sid 4
#4 Gregory J. Wilson Applied Materials 2
#4 Derek C. Tarrant Vizn Energy Systems 2
#4 Stephen Smith Imagine Communications 2
#4 Robert Tudhope Farlight 2
#4 Daniel Jones Data Products 2
#4 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 2
#4 Kyle M. Hanson Semitool 2
#4 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 2
#4 Rod Herrick Roddie 2
#13 Randy Harris Semitool 1
#13 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 1
#13 Peter V. Meyers Ametek 1
#13 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 1
#13 Barry Lee Brubaker Locan Properties 1
#13 Richard M. Bendert Vizn Energy Systems 1
#13 Paul A. Trudeau, Jr. Vizn Energy Systems 1
#13 Bernard T. Windauer Leupold & Stevens 1
#13 Steven Davis Hennessy Industries 1
#13 Brent William Champion 1
#13 Jared W Shappell Roddie 1
#13 David Silvetti Applied Materials 1
#13 Cameron Law Applied Materials 1
#13 Kay Lynn Hertlein 1
#13 Thomas H. Oberlitner Semitool 1
#13 Melvin Paden Uop 1
#13 Michael Steven Kazmier 1
#13 Justin Boucher Applied Materials 1
#13 Robert W. Batz, Jr. Semitool 1
#13 Daniel R. Neitzling Nemo Arms 1
#13 Kelly Vanden Bosch 1
#13 Keith E. Ypma Micron 1

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