Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Belgrade, MT ranks #4,521 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 24 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Belgrade, MT include Vista Outdoor Operations, Montana Instruments, IBM. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher J. Michael Vista Outdoor Operations 5
2 Daniel D. Sereday Vista Outdoor Operations 4
3 Luke Mauritsen Montana Instruments 3
#4 William John Martin IBM 2
#4 Jay Wilkins Electro Scientific Industries 2
#6 Kevin D. Miller Schlage Lock Company 1
#6 Kurtis McCauley Mesa Laboratories 1
#6 William T. Tino Takeda Vaccines 1
#6 Scott Feddes 1
#6 Ross M. Walker Stanford University 1
#6 Nicholas Spain Mesa Laboratories 1
#6 Timothy Dean Nec Electronics 1
#6 Jade Dean Robbins Workiva 1

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