Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Milwaukee, WI ranks #409 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 297 patents from 184 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Milwaukee, WI include Milwaukee Electric Tool, GE, Johnson Controls Technology. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 184 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven W. Hyma Milwaukee Electric Tool 12
2 Wolfgang Daum GE 10
3 Thanh T. Nguyen Johnson Controls Technology 8
#4 Gary P. Houchin-Miller Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions 5
#4 Jennifer R. Harris Motivo 5
#4 Christopher S. Jones Hayes Bicycle Group 5
#7 Russel J. Kerkman Rockwell Automation 4
#7 David Proeber Milwaukee Electric Tool 4
#7 Robert J. Mack Johnson Controls Technology 4
#7 Kenneth J. Muderlak Technical Concepts 4
#7 Yi Yang Eaton 4
#7 Mooyoung Lee 4
#13 Michael J. Koss Koss 3
#13 Steven John Kowal Rockwell Automation 3
#13 Michael W. Phillips Milwaukee Electric Tool 3
#13 Jacob Schmalz Briggs & Stratton 3
#13 Sujeet Chand Rockwell Automation 3
#13 Sung Jin Cho Samsung 3
#13 Kevin J. Bastyr Harman International Industries, Incorporated 3
#13 David P. Goelz Cree 3
#13 William E. Check Milwaukee Electric Tool 3
#13 Philip John Kaufman Rockwell Automation 3
#13 Kate Schreiber S. C. Johnson & Son 3
#13 Iordanka Koleva Mulhern World Richman Manufacturing 3
#13 Alex Mecker S. C. Johnson & Son 3
#13 Mark A. Gries Rockwell Automation 3
#27 Eric G. Lang Microsoft 2
#27 Thomas Becker Rockwell Automation 2
#27 Sarah R. Sandock Dock Technologies 2
#27 Cristina M. Cook S. C. Johnson & Son 2
#27 Thomas G. Simeone Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
#27 Michael Huh Schlumberger Technology 2
#27 Velibor Pikelja Radom 2
#27 Jason Kugel 2
#27 Boaz Avitall Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#27 David Delory Driscoll, JR. Rapid Air 2
#27 Douglas L. Cook Festo Ag & 2
#27 John C. Seymour Quadtech 2
#27 Benjamin Teich Airbus Operations Limited 2
#27 Michael Ross Hatco 2
#27 Sudhi R. Sinha Johnson Controls Technology 2
#27 Nicholas P. Brusky Cooper Technologies 2
#27 Troy Bartlett J.W. Speaker 2
#27 Anubhaw Bhushan 2
#27 Kevin Zomchek Rockwell Automation 2
#27 Michael Stearns Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
#27 Austin R. S. Braganza Gauthier Biomedical 2
#27 Scott D. Eisenhardt Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
#27 Richard A. Morgan Rockwell Automation 2
#27 Ryan S. Mascarenhas Johnson Controls Technology 2

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