Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Billings, MT ranks #4,416 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 626 patents from 273 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Billings, MT include Checkers Industrial Products, Bayer Healthcare, Dow Corning. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 273 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen K. Henry Checkers Industrial Products 39
2 LeRoy Payne Bayer Healthcare 27
3 James A. Beck Dow Corning 15
3 Gregg Tvetene Trebro Holding 15
3 Christopher H. Pearson Nike 15
#6 Donald L. Zink Montana Sulphur & Chemical 14
#7 William Hastings US Dept of Homeland Security 11
#8 Lisa M. Johnson WARF 10
#9 John E. Schwartz Montana Sulphur & Chemical 9
#10 Randy J. Dixon Unknown 8
#10 John Welty Mestek Machinery 8
#10 Jack D. Smith 8
#10 Scott Alexander Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions 8
#14 Donald Tvetene Trebro Holding 7
#14 Matthew Ryan Gilg 7
#14 Tim J. Watts Watts And Associates 7
#14 Michael Tvetene Trebro Holding 7
#18 Clifford Dodge Gametech International 6
#18 Jamie McMillan Weber Orthopedic 6
#18 Kit Seaton Igt 6
#18 Harvey K. Markegard Blockit & Lockit Systems 6
#22 Robin S. Horrell The Procter & Gamble 5
#22 Kurt A. Toenjes University Of Vermont 5
#22 Scott Patrick Simon Pacesetter 5
#22 David K. Butler State of Rhode Island 5
#22 Jeffrey M. Golini 5
#22 Mark Miller Ultra Electronics Audiopack 5
#28 Clinton B. Camper River Basin Energy 4
#28 Joseph Porter Unknown 4
#28 Edward J. Trout 4
#28 Jennifer Tipton 4
#28 Theodore Trent Trier ExxonMobil 4
#28 Jack R. Sickler 4
#28 Merlyn B. Johnson 4
#28 Brent Lyda University Of Montana 4
#28 Earl W. Ostler Agri Systems 4
#37 Richard Wallace Hoefer Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#37 Jerry KOLSTAD 3
#37 Robert W. Stichman Wyo-Ben 3
#37 Landan Alan Cheney Isco Industries 3
#37 Wayne Waggoner 3
#37 Brian R. Cebull 3
#37 Austin Vandelinder 3
#37 Kurt Edward Kreiger 3
#37 Martin Andrew Peterson 3
#37 Dave SHUCK 3
#37 Steven A. Loar Watts And Associates 3
#37 Kenneth P. Pitman 3
#37 Craig R. Landgren Watts And Associates 3
#37 Jerome Cysewski 3

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