Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Madison, WI ranks #124 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 903 patents from 559 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Madison, WI include Mediatek Singapore Pte., Applied Materials, Fiskars Brands. That works out to 3.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 559 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yuanyuan Zhang Mediatek Singapore Pte. 12
1 Zhijun Chen Applied Materials 12
3 Colin Roberts Fiskars Brands 11
#4 Liu Yang Intel 9
#4 Francisco Javier Barquin Spectrum Brands 9
#6 Graham P. Lidgard Exact Sciences 8
#6 Jun Xiao Lsi 8
#6 Samuel H. Gellman WARF 8
#9 Thomas Haft Wolf Appliance 7
#9 Kenneth Kmiecik Seminis Vegetable Seeds 7
#9 Randy D. Cortright Virent 7
#12 Padma Gopalan WARF 6
#12 Riyad Moe Gyrus Acmi 6
#12 Ronald T. Raines WARF 6
#15 Ning Jin General Motors 5
#15 Goetz Graefe Microsoft 5
#15 Mark D.A. van Gulik Miosoft 5
#15 James A. Thomson WARF 5
#15 Mark C. Shults Dexcom 5
#15 Rachel Elizabeth Wallace Abbott 5
#15 Shannon S. Stahl WARF 5
#15 Timothy Williams Cypress Semiconductor 5
#23 Lance Nehotte Sca Hygiene Products Ab 4
#23 Mitchell E. Tyler Neurohabilitation 4
#23 Jung-Hun Seo WARF 4
#23 Paul Franklin Nealey WARF 4
#23 Daniel C. Johnson Bell Laboratories 4
#23 Mihai Chiruta Cummins Emission Solutions 4
#23 John C. Mehnert Illinois Tool Works 4
#23 Douglas Weibel WARF 4
#23 Paul Otto Promega 4
#23 Rathbun K. Rhodes Dexcom 4
#23 Mark E. Cook WARF 4
#23 Nikhil Teletia Microsoft 4
#23 Matthew Robers Promega 4
#23 Kurt A. Kaczmarek Neurohabilitation 4
#23 Brett A. Lindeman Ebullient 4
#23 Pradeep Kumar Mastercard 4
#23 Taylor A. Powers Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments 4
#23 Jesse Darley Abbott 4
#23 Nathaniel J. Page Monsanto Technology 4
#23 Christopher E. Holm Cummins Filtration Ip 4
#43 Janelle J. Bruinsma Exact Sciences 3
#43 Gerald Joseph Brady WARF 3
#43 Gerald J. McNerney Masco Corporation Of Indiana 3
#43 Corey B. Olson Micron 3
#43 Parimal G. Rajkondawar Group14 Technologies 3
#43 Jordan Marshall Sand WARF 3
#43 Visnu priya D. Fraenkel Leer Group 3
#43 Maksym A. Vodyanyk WARF 3

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