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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,772 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 72 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Applied Materials, Semitool. That works out to 2.9 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 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 26
2 Gregory J. Wilson Applied Materials 8
3 Kyle M. Hanson Semitool 6
#4 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 4
#5 Rod Herrick Roddie 2
#5 Ryan Torgerson Combex 2
#7 Matthew Weber Netapp 1
#7 Luke R. Fitzwater Georgia-Pacific Gypsum 1
#7 Paul A. Trudeau, Jr. Vizn Energy Systems 1
#7 Randy Harris Semitool 1
#7 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 1
#7 Jason Rye Applied Materials 1
#7 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 1
#7 Sam Lee Applied Materials 1
#7 Trevor Kenkel 1
#7 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 1
#7 Aaron A. McGinty Falkor Sid 1
#7 Jared W Shappell Roddie 1
#7 Morgan Knickrehm Safeworks 1
#7 Mikael R. Borjesson Applied Materials 1
#7 Stephen Smith Imagine Communications 1
#7 Richard Arnold Dasen, Jr. 1
#7 Keith E. Ypma Micron 1
#7 Wesley A. Cooper Filevine 1
#7 Nolan L. Zimmerman Applied Materials 1
#7 Michael J. Wener Penthera Partners 1
#7 Eric J. Bergman Semitool 1
#7 David Silvetti Applied Materials 1
#7 Daniel Jones Data Products 1
#7 Charles A. Cummings Applied Materials 1

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