Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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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