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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbus, WI ranks #5,831 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 17 patents from 10 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbus, WI include Agrigenics, Lyco Manufacturing, Joy Global Surface Mining. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–10 of 10 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel J. Martinelli Agrigenics 4
2 David R. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 3
3 Jason E. Gaska Joy Global Surface Mining 2
3 Scott Rose Vibratory Solutions 2
#5 Matthew Hoelter 1
#5 Scott K. Weisman Lyco Manufacturing 1
#5 Alan D. Carlson Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 1
#5 Jeffrey S. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 1
#5 William D. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 1
#5 Paul Keller Allfast Fastening Systems 1

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