Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Somerset, WI ranks #3,916 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 29 patents from 9 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Somerset, WI include Cisco, Wts, Juul Labs. That works out to 9.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–9 of 9 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Delano Ward Cisco 18
2 Douglas Plourde Wts 2
2 Mark Triebold 2
2 Christopher L. Belisle Juul Labs 2
#5 James J. Bucklew Preco 1
#5 Clinton L. Jones 3M 1
#5 Michael J. Helander Endoevolution 1
#5 Marty Tryba Preco 1
#5 David Andrae Justmann Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1

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