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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Manitowoc, WI ranks #2,321 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 51 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Manitowoc, WI include Orion Energy Systems, Illinois Tool Works, Kohler. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Scribante Orion Energy Systems 5
1 William Joshua Becker Illinois Tool Works 5
3 Matthew S. Tlachac Orion Energy Systems 4
3 Billy Jack Ahola Kohler 4
#5 David S. Weiss Eastman Kodak 2
#5 David J. Merten M Group 2
#5 James P. Peterson Contemporary 2
#5 Jay Z. Muchin M Group 2
#5 Joe Bluma Orion Energy Systems 2
#5 William Handlos Basf Se 2
#5 Paul Stegemann Orion Energy Systems 2
#12 Dean M. Petersen Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 1
#12 Nathan Paul Brooks Cnh Industrial America 1
#12 John Phillip Myers Maytag 1
#12 Andrew D. Jacobson Cnh Industrial America 1
#12 Gerald William Wendt Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 1
#12 Aamer Mohammed The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 1
#12 William E. Olson, Jr. Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 1
#12 Steven M. Moretti Cnh Industrial America 1
#12 Ryan Matthew Fickau 1
#12 Matthew T. Oswald Manitowoc Crane Companies 1
#12 Erik L. Hickman Cnh Industrial America 1
#12 Therese Bartz Orion Energy Systems 1
#12 David J. Pech Manitowoc Crane Companies 1
#12 Mark Paul Giebel Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 1
#12 Marc Meade Orion Energy Systems 1
#12 Joseph R. Rucinski Manitowoc Crane Companies 1
#12 Daniel Earl Hoefert WARF 1
#12 Luke Benjamin Dykstra 1
#12 Randolph Walter Kirt 1

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