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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fargo, ND ranks #1,267 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 119 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fargo, ND include John Deere, Ndsu Research Foundation, Exten Technologies. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Noel W. Anderson John Deere 15
2 Dean C. Webster Ndsu Research Foundation 4
2 Michael Enz Exten Technologies 4
#4 John O'Mahony Chf Solutions 3
#4 Martin Miller Clark Equipment 3
#4 Long Wu John Deere 3
#7 Joel A. Jorgenson Bwr Innovations 2
#7 Kevin P. Cowles John Deere 2
#7 Tianjun Fu John Deere 2
#7 Ryan Patrick Simmers 3M 2
#7 Fardad Azarmi Ndsu Research Foundation 2
#7 James H. Lancaster Levee Lock 2
#7 Bradley R. Thurow Appareo Systems 2
#7 Brian B. Brasch Prx Performance 2
#7 Val Marinov Kulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V. 2
#7 Joseph Richardson Novellus Systems 2
#7 Robert Wagner Carefree/Scott Fetzer 2
#18 Brian E. Dahl Amity Technology 1
#18 Todd Lefor Microsoft 1
#18 Jennifer Ranz Microsoft 1
#18 Brian Meier Microsoft 1
#18 Starrdanya Roberts 1
#18 Neil Jensen Adtran 1
#18 Brad G. Palmer John Deere 1
#18 Jon Thomas Jacobson John Deere 1
#18 Changhui Yan Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#18 Ryan Allard Here Global B.V. 1
#18 William John Refling Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#18 Carl A. White University of Virginia 1
#18 Jonathan L. Tolstedt Appareo Systems 1
#18 Monique Renea Sauvageau Microsoft 1
#18 Benjamin Braaten Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#18 Yuriy Atanasov Uniqarta 1
#18 Kartheek Karna John Deere 1
#18 Joseph A. Heilman Intel 1
#18 Jason Reinis Green Mdi Technologies 1
#18 Travis Lee Johnston John Deere 1
#18 Nicholas Struve Ias 1
#18 David C. Batcheller Appareo Systems 1
#18 Robert P. Plagemann Tecton Products 1
#18 Steven R. Wagner Prx Performance 1
#18 Logeeshan VELMANICKAM Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#18 Scott C. Johnson True Seating Concepts 1
#18 Guozhen Zhou John Deere 1
#18 Adam A. Reich Intel 1
#18 Yury Mikheev Microsoft 1
#18 Joshua G. Payne John Deere 1
#18 Raymond L. Larson Bmr Investments 1
#18 Michael Clevenger 1
#18 Lucas Laudenbach John Deere 1

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