Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,562 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 95 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Applied Materials, Semitool. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 18
2 Gregory J. Wilson Applied Materials 7
2 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 7
#4 Randy Harris Semitool 5
#5 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 4
#5 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 4
#7 Rod Herrick Roddie 3
#7 Kyle M. Hanson Semitool 3
#7 Eric J. Bergman Semitool 3
#7 Jared W Shappell Roddie 3
#11 Lyman Bishop 2
#11 Bridger Earl HOERNER Applied Materials 2
#11 Keith E. Ypma Micron 2
#11 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 2
#15 Robert Bartlett Aventis Research & Technologies Gmbh & 1
#15 Jamie Rard 1
#15 Peter V. Meyers Ametek 1
#15 Stuart Crane Applied Materials 1
#15 Robert Bentley Chelf Unknown 1
#15 Matthew Weber Netapp 1
#15 Robert Mikkola Applied Materials 1
#15 Morgan Knickrehm Safeworks 1
#15 Mikael R. Borjesson Applied Materials 1
#15 Michael Pokorny 1
#15 Aaron A. McGinty Falkor Sid 1
#15 Justin Haveman 1
#15 Andrew Anten Applied Materials 1
#15 Adam Marc McClure Applied Materials 1
#15 Brian Aegerter Semitool 1
#15 Daniel R. Neitzling Nemo Arms 1
#15 Robert W. Batz, Jr. Semitool 1
#15 Richard Arnold Dasen, Jr. 1
#15 Chris F. Forseth 1
#15 Will Schmautz Smart Wires 1
#15 Casey Rard 1
#15 Wesley A. Cooper Filevine 1
#15 Michael Windham Applied Materials 1
#15 Joshua R. Boyce 1
#15 Michael J. Wener Penthera Partners 1
#15 Charles A. Cummings Applied Materials 1
#15 Robert M. Dishon 1
#15 Thomas H. Oberlitner Semitool 1
#15 Sean Barrett Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated 1
#15 Robert Tudhope Farlight 1

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