Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fargo, ND ranks #1,044 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 129 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fargo, ND include John Deere, Chf Solutions, Pioneer (Corteva). That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Noel W. Anderson John Deere 7
2 John O'Mahony Chf Solutions 6
2 Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik Pioneer (Corteva) 6
2 Dean C. Webster Ndsu Research Foundation 6
#5 Long Wu John Deere 5
#5 Christopher J. Schmit John Deere 5
#7 Tom Lykken Cnh Industrial America 4
#7 Marshall T. Bremer Intel 4
#9 Bradley K. Schleusner Intel 3
#9 Neal D. Clements John Deere 3
#9 Jay M. Larson Eaton 3
#9 Bradley R. Thurow Appareo Systems 3
#9 Ryan Patrick Simmers 3M 3
#14 Mitchell Lee Crary Industries 2
#14 Adam A. Reich Intel 2
#14 Christopher L Marohl John Deere 2
#14 Chad Alry Bautz Cnh Industrial America 2
#14 Brian B. Brasch Prx Performance 2
#14 Jared Lervik John Deere 2
#14 Christopher R. Garty Microsoft 2
#14 Umesh Harkal Ndsu Research Foundation 2
#14 Erik S. Hopperstad Prx Performance 2
#14 David Allen Zach Cnh Industrial America 2
#14 Russ Kommer Gb Ii 2
#14 Satyabrata Samanta Ndsu Research Foundation 2
#14 Andrew D. Wieland John Deere 2
#27 Robert P. Plagemann Tecton Products 1
#27 Todd Lefor Microsoft 1
#27 Jayaraman Sivaguru Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#27 Ben Richard Crary Industries 1
#27 Annette M. Bruer Microsoft 1
#27 Brian Meier Microsoft 1
#27 Michael Quamme Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#27 Doug Maly John Deere 1
#27 Robert Wagner Carefree/Scott Fetzer 1
#27 Jonathan L. Tolstedt Appareo Systems 1
#27 Ramya Raghunathan Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#27 Joshua N. Gelinske Appareo Systems 1
#27 Kent D. Wanner John Deere 1
#27 Travis Lee Johnston John Deere 1
#27 Mark D. Schmaltz John Deere 1
#27 Mukund P. Sibi 1
#27 Timothy Ralph Hertsgaard Cnh Industrial America 1
#27 Curtiss Kovash, Jr. Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#27 Brian Ravnaas Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 1
#27 Yujiang Wu John Deere 1
#27 David E. Susag Case Gmbh 1
#27 Jarek Wyganowski Microsoft 1
#27 Oleg Vodyakho John Deere 1
#27 Michael Clevenger 1

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