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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Madison, WI ranks #130 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 828 patents from 506 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Madison, WI include Lsi, Monsanto Technology, Applied Materials. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 506 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jun Xiao Lsi 22
2 Nathaniel J. Page Monsanto Technology 14
3 Zhijun Chen Applied Materials 10
3 Colin Roberts Fiskars Brands 10
3 Matthew M. McCambridge Deka Products Limited Parternship 10
#6 Daniel A. DeChant Illinois Tool Works 8
#6 Brett A. Lindeman Ebullient 8
#6 Randy D. Cortright Virent 8
#6 Francisco Javier Barquin Spectrum Brands 8
#10 Ben K. Graf Smith & Nephew 6
#10 Ning Jin General Motors 6
#10 Gabriel Walter Quantum Elctro Opto Systems Sdn Bhd. 6
#10 Goetz Graefe Microsoft 6
#10 Karthikeyan Sankaralingam WARF 6
#10 James A. Thomson WARF 6
#16 Padma Gopalan WARF 5
#16 Jonathan Davis Bristol-Myers Squibb 5
#16 Michael Marty Google 5
#16 James Lloyd Redox 5
#16 Samuel H. Gellman WARF 5
#21 Mark C. Shults Dexcom 4
#21 Richard Taylor Nexeon Limited 4
#21 Aicardo Roa-Espinosa 4
#21 John C. Mehnert Illinois Tool Works 4
#21 Ronald T. Raines WARF 4
#21 John Ralph WARF 4
#21 Braeden Butler Promega 4
#21 Khusi Ram Tiwari Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#29 Scott M. Berry WARF 3
#29 Jaron M. Acker Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Ip Unlimited 3
#29 Yongho Joo WARF 3
#29 Graham P. Lidgard Exact Sciences 3
#29 Guang-Hong Chen WARF 3
#29 Timothy Williams Cypress Semiconductor 3
#29 Thad J. Fisher 3
#29 Michael P. Ruf Smith Micro Software 3
#29 Claudia Del Conte Spectrum Brands 3
#29 Karl Antonin Bzdusek Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3
#29 Daniel Teteak Spectrum Brands 3
#29 Joseph Ashley Taylor Alcatel Lucent 3
#29 Jian Dong Silatronix 3
#29 Nader Behdad WARF 3
#29 Mark E. Cook WARF 3
#29 Riyad Moe Gyrus Acmi 3
#29 Amanda Mack Cellular Dynamics International 3
#29 Robert M. Engelke Ultratec 3
#29 Rathbun K. Rhodes Dexcom 3
#29 James N. Mashak GE 3
#29 Paul Otto Promega 3
#29 Lena E. Olson AMD 3

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