Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Appleton, WI ranks #568 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 263 patents from 152 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Appleton, WI include Illinois Tool Works, NVIDIA, Encapsys. That works out to 3.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 152 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bruce Patrick Albrecht Illinois Tool Works 8
2 Kevin L. Parsons NVIDIA 7
2 Christopher Hsu Illinois Tool Works 7
#4 Todd Earl Holverson Illinois Tool Works 5
#4 Nianxi Yan Encapsys 5
#4 David John Paulson Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 5
#7 Daniel P. Gara Gpcp Ip Holdings 4
#7 Anthony Van Bergen Salsich Illinois Tool Works 4
#7 Jeffrey Dale Weber Illinois Tool Works 4
#7 Kayla Elizabeth Rouse Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 4
#7 Craig Steven Knoener Illinois Tool Works 4
#7 Edward G. Beistle Illinois Tool Works 4
#13 Daniel H. Sze Gpcp Ip Holdings 3
#13 Brian J. Schuh Georgia-Pacific 3
#13 James Lee Uecker Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Jeremy J. Erdmann Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Ben Wolfgram Benshot 3
#13 Ryan J. McEneany Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#13 Kyle Andrew Pfeifer Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Eric T. Sommers Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Nishank R. Patel Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Vasily A. Topolkaraev Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#13 Joseph A. Schulz Gpcp Ip Holdings 3
#13 Ramona Zenkich Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#13 Richard V. Baxter, Jr. Dow Agrosciences 3
#13 James F. Ulrich Illinois Tool Works 3
#27 Jian Qin Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Mark M. Mleziva Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Casey John Morin Dukane Ias 2
#27 Vinod Chaudhary Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Darcey E. McCormick Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Antonio M. Cittadino Georgia-Pacific 2
#27 Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt 2
#27 Melanie Samantha Chu Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Andrew Mark Long Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Benjamin Peter Sierra Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Nancy E. Dawson Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Tara K. Cruz Curwood 2
#27 Robert J. Seymour Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Andrew J. Henry Illinois Tool Works 2
#27 Peiguang Zhou Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Thomas J. Daul Gpcp Ip Holdings 2
#27 Sunil Kumar Pattnaik Illinois Tool Works 2
#27 Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Desmond John VanHouten Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 2
#27 Brandon Mark Hokanson Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
#27 Keith A. Klipstine Bemis Associates 2
#27 Chris J. Roehl Illinois Tool Works 2
#27 Timothy Jay Reitmeyer Illinois Tool Works 2
#27 Jason J. Zuleger Oshkosh Defense 2

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