River Falls, WI ranks #2,504 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 51 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in River Falls, WI include 3M, Graco Minnesota, Emprimus. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott D. Gullicks | 3M | 8 |
| 2 | Mark Richter | Graco Minnesota | 4 |
| 2 | Greg Fuchs | Emprimus | 4 |
| 2 | Christian S. Nielsen | Medtronic | 4 |
| #5 | Todd Bjork | Spineology | 2 |
| #5 | Gregg A. Ambur | 3M | 2 |
| #5 | Nick A. Youker | Cardiac Pacemakers | 2 |
| #5 | Kent Harry Forsland | — | 2 |
| #5 | Panu K. Zoller | 3M | 2 |
| #10 | Matthew F. Schmidt | Fluke | 1 |
| #10 | Dean Ekman | Eagle View Technologies | 1 |
| #10 | Benjamin A. Demuth | Stratasys | 1 |
| #10 | Keith R. Bruesewitz | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | Corey Allen Bateman | Apollo | 1 |
| #10 | Kent C. Hackbarth | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | James A. Phipps | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | Justin Westendorf | Medicines360 | 1 |
| #10 | Kathryn M. Spurgeon | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | Eric Bloms | T. W. Vending | 1 |
| #10 | Mark Freeborn | Preco | 1 |
| #10 | Jeremy J. Odegard | Asante Solutions | 1 |
| #10 | Sam Bengston | T. W. Vending | 1 |
| #10 | Dennis R. Keicher | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | Daniel Rohl | — | 1 |
| #10 | John W. Cain | 3M | 1 |
| #10 | Scott Alan Nelson | Iqe Plc | 1 |
| #10 | Lee Boles | Winfield Solutions | 1 |
| #10 | Chad Tousley | Ecowater Systems | 1 |
| #10 | Thomas Florin | Code42 Software | 1 |
| #10 | Andrea Clark | Winfield Solutions | 1 |
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