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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bigfork, MT ranks #7,140 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 14 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bigfork, MT include Hitachi, Norand, Applied Materials. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ryan W. Johnson Hitachi 7
2 Paul Beard Norand 4
3 Robert B. Moore Applied Materials 2
#4 Brandon Michael Zeider Shield Arms 1

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