Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fergus Falls, MN ranks #9,162 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 9 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fergus Falls, MN include IBM, Agrigenics, Dow Agrosciences. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David A. Christenson IBM 2
1 Dean W. Nordick Agrigenics 2
3 Angela L. Erickson Dow Agrosciences 1
3 Robert A. Beehler 1
3 Carl J. Zachmann 1
3 Christopher J. Kutzer 1
3 Jeffrey C. Zachmann 1

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