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Appleton, WI All Time

10,072 patents  ·  1,506 inventors  ·  133.2/1k pop.

Ranked #303 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Appleton, WI ranks #303 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,072 patents from 1,506 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Appleton, WI include NVIDIA, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 133.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,506 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kevin L. Parsons NVIDIA 179
2 Jeffrey Dean Lindsay Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 129
3 James H. Wang Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 124
#4 Vasily A. Topolkaraev Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 117
#5 Bruce Patrick Albrecht Illinois Tool Works 98
#6 Christopher Hsu Illinois Tool Works 94
#7 Michael Tod Morman Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 89
#8 Jian Qin Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 87
#9 Todd Earl Holverson Illinois Tool Works 85
#10 Fung-jou Chen — 81
#11 Thomas Harold Roessler Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 78
#12 Mark B. Littlejohn Fort James 72
#13 Yung Hsiang Huang Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 69
#13 Andrew Mark Long Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 69
#15 James Lee Uecker Illinois Tool Works 65
#16 Frank Stephen Hada Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 61
#17 Michael Venturino Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 58
#17 Peiguang Zhou Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 58
#19 Mladomir Tomic Reynolds Consumer Products 56
#20 Mark M. Mleziva Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 55
#21 James E. Buchman Reynolds Consumer Products 52
#22 Pang-Chia Lu ExxonMobil 51
#22 Anthony Van Bergen Salsich Illinois Tool Works 51
#24 Charles C. Hwo Shell Oil Compny 50
#24 Antonio M. Cittadino Georgia-Pacific 50
#24 Brian J. Schuh Georgia-Pacific 50
#27 Shuang Liu Illinois Tool Works 49
#28 T. Philips Oriaran Fort James 47
#29 Craig Steven Knoener Illinois Tool Works 46
#30 Anthony O. Awofeso Fort James 45
#31 Garry Roland Woltman Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 44
#31 Mary Lou McDaniel Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 44
#33 David Michael Schertz Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 43
#33 Michael John Rekoske Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 43
#35 Pavneet S. Mumick Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 42
#35 Fu-Jya Tsai Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 42
#37 Ryan J. McEneany Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 41
#37 Mark William Sachs Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 41
#39 David A. Beck Voith Paper Patent Gmbh 40
#39 Daniel H. Sze Gpcp Ip Holdings 40
#41 Maurizio Tirimacco Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 39
#41 Sheng-Hsin Hu Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 39
#41 Scott A. Krueger Simmons Juvenile Products Company 39
#41 Richard Beeson Illinois Tool Works 39
#45 Phuong Van Luu Georgia-Pacific 38
#45 Brian R. O'Hagan Graphic Packaging International 38
#47 Eric T. Sommers Illinois Tool Works 37
#47 Klaus Doelle Voith Sulzer Paper Technology North America 37
#49 Edward G. Beistle Illinois Tool Works 35
#49 Dana Eagles Albany International 35

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