Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fargo, ND ranks #1,122 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 128 patents from 83 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fargo, ND include Pioneer (Corteva), John Deere, Prx Performance. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 83 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik Pioneer (Corteva) 12
2 Noel W. Anderson John Deere 9
3 Long Wu John Deere 4
3 Brian B. Brasch Prx Performance 4
#5 John O'Mahony Chf Solutions 3
#5 Christopher J. Schmit John Deere 3
#5 Joel A. Jorgenson Bwr Innovations 3
#5 Steven R. Wagner Prx Performance 3
#9 Dean C. Webster Ndsu Research Foundation 2
#9 Joshua N. Gelinske Appareo Systems 2
#9 Alexander J. Kube 2
#9 Joseph Richardson Novellus Systems 2
#9 Michael Enz Exten Technologies 2
#9 Michael Hofer Hanon Systems Efp Deutschland Gmbh 2
#9 Val Marinov Kulicke & Soffa Netherlands B.V. 2
#9 Kevin P. Cowles John Deere 2
#9 Zhibin Lin Electro Scientific Industries 2
#9 Jason Weyer Cnh Industrial America 2
#9 Wyatt Dick Intel 2
#9 Ryan Patrick Simmers 3M 2
#21 Lucas Laudenbach John Deere 1
#21 Tianjun Fu John Deere 1
#21 Scott Byron Stofferahn 1
#21 Richard William Engen 1
#21 Thomas Smith Championx Usa 1
#21 Ryan Raguse 1
#21 David Lindner John Deere 1
#21 Akila Iyer Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Mukund P. Sibi 1
#21 Garrett A. Iverson Prx Performance 1
#21 Guozhen Zhou John Deere 1
#21 Bradley R. Thurow Appareo Systems 1
#21 Jaden C. Young Appareo Systems 1
#21 Yujiang Wu John Deere 1
#21 James H. Lancaster Levee Lock 1
#21 Chad Sietsema Cnh Industrial America 1
#21 Dennis K. Lura Lura Enterprises 1
#21 Johnson Thomas Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Joseph A. Heilman Intel 1
#21 David C. Batcheller Appareo Systems 1
#21 Robert P. Plagemann Tecton Products 1
#21 Lisa Ann Christianson Microsoft 1
#21 Jayaraman Sivaguru Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Todd Lefor Microsoft 1
#21 William John Refling Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Anthony Clay Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Ramya Raghunathan Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Adlina Paramarta Ndsu Research Foundation 1
#21 Kent D. Wanner John Deere 1
#21 Kartheek Karna John Deere 1

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