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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,660 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 81 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Applied Materials, Semitool. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 37
2 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 5
3 Eric J. Bergman Semitool 3
#4 Matthew Weber Netapp 2
#4 Justin Croyle Amazon 2
#4 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 2
#4 Rod Herrick Roddie 2
#4 Jared W Shappell Roddie 2
#4 Bruce J. Fender Applied Materials 2
#10 Mikael R. Borjesson Applied Materials 1
#10 Larry Vance Cars.Com 1
#10 Daniel Jones Data Products 1
#10 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 1
#10 George A. Hawthorn Blackpowder Products 1
#10 Robert Bentley Chelf Unknown 1
#10 Stuart Crane Applied Materials 1
#10 Randy Harris Semitool 1
#10 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 1
#10 Robert Mikkola Applied Materials 1
#10 Ryan Torgerson Combex 1
#10 Joshua Johnson 1
#10 Wesley A. Cooper Filevine 1
#10 Daniel R. Neitzling Nemo Arms 1
#10 Bryce Puchta Smart Wires 1
#10 John Igo Applied Materials 1
#10 Linda J. Waller 1
#10 Stephen Smith Imagine Communications 1
#10 James C. Burnham Applied Materials 1
#10 Andrew S. Loudermilk 1
#10 Will Schmautz Smart Wires 1
#10 Chris F. Forseth 1
#10 Elvis Hilliard 1
#10 Alfred Tucker Randolph Wilson Unknown 1

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