Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,827 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 79 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Applied Materials, Imagine Communications. That works out to 3.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 27
2 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 5
2 Gregory J. Wilson Applied Materials 5
#4 Stephen Smith Imagine Communications 4
#5 Kyle M. Hanson Semitool 3
#5 Rod Herrick Roddie 3
#5 Jared W Shappell Roddie 3
#8 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 2
#8 Robert Bentley Chelf Unknown 2
#8 Sean Barrett Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated 2
#8 Eric J. Bergman Semitool 2
#12 Daniel Jones Data Products 1
#12 Cody R. Carter Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated 1
#12 David Silvetti Applied Materials 1
#12 Troy Zander 1
#12 Keith E. Ypma Micron 1
#12 Will Schmautz Smart Wires 1
#12 David H. Hurley Japan Science And Technology 1
#12 John Igo Applied Materials 1
#12 Daniel R. Neitzling Nemo Arms 1
#12 Stuart Crane Applied Materials 1
#12 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 1
#12 Sam Lee Applied Materials 1
#12 Peter V. Meyers Ametek 1
#12 Jerry D. Leonhard Applied Materials 1
#12 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 1
#12 Randy Harris Semitool 1
#12 Ryan Torgerson Combex 1
#12 Gordon Nelson Semitool 1
#12 Bruce J. Fender Applied Materials 1
#12 Morgan Knickrehm Safeworks 1
#12 Michael Hebert AT&T 1

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