Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fargo, ND ranks #1,125 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 136 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fargo, ND include Pioneer (Corteva), John Deere, 3M. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik Pioneer (Corteva) 14
2 Noel W. Anderson John Deere 8
3 Long Wu John Deere 6
#4 Ryan Patrick Simmers 3M 5
#4 Michael Enz Exten Technologies 5
#6 Thomas J. Roan John Deere 4
#6 Kent D. Wanner John Deere 4
#6 Tom Lykken Cnh Industrial America 4
#9 Christopher J. Schmit John Deere 3
#9 Neal D. Clements John Deere 3
#9 John O'Mahony Chf Solutions 3
#9 Adam A. Reich Intel 3
#13 Bradley R. Thurow Appareo Systems 2
#13 Tianjun Fu John Deere 2
#13 Dean C. Webster Ndsu Research Foundation 2
#13 Kartheek Karna John Deere 2
#13 Brad G. Palmer John Deere 2
#13 Joseph Richardson Novellus Systems 2
#13 Brian B. Brasch Prx Performance 2
#13 Marshall T. Bremer Intel 2
#13 Matthew R. Semler Kulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V. 2
#13 David Allen Zach Cnh Industrial America 2
#23 Russ Kommer Gb Ii 1
#23 William L. Frandsen Microsoft 1
#23 Sanket M. Vasa Microsoft 1
#23 Erik Andrew Larson Cnh Industrial America 1
#23 Joel A. Jorgenson Bwr Innovations 1
#23 Daren W. Herman Polaris Industries 1
#23 Louis M. Maresca Union Carbide 1
#23 Bradley A. Odegard 1
#23 Allen C. Olheiser Clark Equipment 1
#23 Robbie Beehler Metso Flow Control Oy 1
#23 Daniel LaRoy Hinz Cnh Industrial America 1
#23 Jay M. Larson Eaton 1
#23 Damir Cavkusic Crary Industries 1
#23 Michael A. Leach IBM 1
#23 Austin Kemmer 1
#23 Gregory Henry Wettstein 1
#23 Richard William Engen 1
#23 Karl Abrahamson Texas Instruments 1
#23 Mukund P. Sibi 1
#23 Timothy Ralph Hertsgaard Cnh Industrial America 1
#23 Guozhen Zhou John Deere 1
#23 James H. Lancaster Levee Lock 1
#23 Russell A. Brown Oracle 1
#23 David E. Susag Case Gmbh 1
#23 Mitchell Lee Crary Industries 1
#23 Wayne Spier Crary Industries 1
#23 Chad Alry Bautz Cnh Industrial America 1
#23 Scott Byron Stofferahn 1

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