Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Madison, WI ranks #140 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 975 patents from 630 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Madison, WI include Exact Sciences, Johnson Controls Technology, Mediatek Singapore Pte.. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 630 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Graham P. Lidgard Exact Sciences 14
2 Erik S. Paulson Johnson Controls Technology 12
3 Yuanyuan Zhang Mediatek Singapore Pte. 11
#4 Gary Nelson Garcia Molina WARF 10
#5 Keith E. Muellenbach Kohler 9
#6 Justin D. Dorman Milwaukee Electric Tool 8
#6 Wenhui Zhou Promega 8
#8 Liu Yang Intel 7
#8 Robert M. Engelke Ultratec 7
#10 Jayneel Gandhi Broadcom 6
#10 Christopher E. Holm Cummins Filtration Ip 6
#10 Pradeep Kumar Mastercard 6
#10 Seth K. Williams Unknown 6
#10 Guang-Hong Chen WARF 6
#10 Jaron M. Acker Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Ip Unlimited 6
#16 Daniel W. van der Weide Neuwave Medical 5
#16 John A. Riendeau IBM 5
#16 Karthikeyan Sankaralingam WARF 5
#16 Brian Rojas-Edge Fiskars Finland Oy Ab 5
#16 Vamsi Krishna Ithapu Meta 5
#16 Rachel Friedman Ohana Promega 5
#16 Steven S. Dingle Therma-Stor 5
#23 Ben K. Graf Smith & Nephew 4
#23 Vinay Gangadhar Lsi 4
#23 Andrew Mark Cigan Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#23 Andrew Joncich Dexcom 4
#23 Jonathan Davis Bristol-Myers Squibb 4
#23 Jared M. Stearns Therma-Stor 4
#23 Frederick R. Blattner Scarab Genomics 4
#23 Paul F. Laeseke Neuwave Medical 4
#23 Matthew P. Wycklendt Milwaukee Electric Tool 4
#23 Anthony Nowatzki WARF 4
#23 Jun Xiao Lsi 4
#23 Jacob D. Canik Cummins Emission Solutions 4
#23 Richard Taylor Nexeon Limited 4
#23 Riyad Moe Gyrus Acmi 4
#37 Mark E. Cook WARF 3
#37 Francis J. Deck Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments 3
#37 Daniel Patrick Sweat WARF 3
#37 Joshua M. Fishman 3M 3
#37 Gregory F. Tracy Reciprocal Labs 3
#37 William Lacy Google 3
#37 Donald E. McCumber Placon 3
#37 Jiandong Yuan Brightgene Bio-Medical Technology Co. 3
#37 Andrew P. WILKE Nicoventures Trading Limited 3
#37 Colin O'Brien Rapid7 3
#37 Brian F. Pfleger WARF 3
#37 Anthony Person Cellscript 3
#37 Lada Rasochova Dow Agrosciences 3
#37 Lucian Lozonschi Tendyne Holdings 3

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