Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cedarburg, WI ranks #1,744 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,901 patents from 291 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cedarburg, WI include Johnson Controls Technology, Milwaukee Electric Tool, Pioneer Pet Products. That works out to 156.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 291 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kirk H. Drees Johnson Controls Technology 154
2 Troy C. Thorson Milwaukee Electric Tool 136
3 Christopher S. Hoppe Milwaukee Electric Tool 104
#4 John M. Lipscomb Pioneer Pet Products 88
#5 Jacob P. Schneider Milwaukee Electric Tool 64
#6 Donald Brodnick GE 46
#7 Jason J. Raasch Briggs & Stratton 38
#8 Thomas W. Rand U-Line 36
#9 Darron B. May Kuryakyn Holdings 31
#10 Harry A. Hunnicutt Kelsey-Hayes-Company 27
#10 Aleko D. Sotiriades Champion Power Equipment 27
#12 William A. Reed U-Line 22
#12 Stanley L. Suring Pioneer Pet Products 22
#14 Gerald K. Bowen Globe-Union 19
#15 Joseph P. Izzo Rockwell Automation 18
#15 Craig R. Winterhalter Rockwell Automation 18
#15 Jason Stuart Katcha GE 18
#15 Shankara Reddy GE 18
#19 Richard P. Brault Milwaukee Electric Tool 16
#19 Wesley Kenneth Anderson Regal Beloit America 16
#19 Kyle E. Nelson Rite-Hite Holding 16
#22 Edgar C. Paffrath Wesbar 15
#22 Peter Renner Robert Bosch Gmbh 15
#22 John Lynch Purdue Research Foundation 15
#25 Robert Montgomery Blood Center Research Foundation 14
#25 Rex M. Bitner Promega 14
#25 Roberto S. Marques Rockwell Automation 14
#25 James G. Yarger Endece 14
#25 Darrell S. Filtz Rockwell Automation 14
#30 Kevin Baumann Rockwell Automation 13
#30 Sean A. Rusch Harley-Davidson Motor Company 13
#32 David A. Schenker Advantus 12
#32 Will Didier Milwaukee Electric Tool 12
#32 Brian E. Aufderheide W. H. Brady 12
#32 Kyle Nelson Rite-Hite Holding 12
#36 Horst Lebrecht Master Lock Company 11
#36 Erik J. Christiansen Tecumseh Products 11
#36 Ian Schmit Champion Engine Technology 11
#36 Jeffery S. Smith Howmet 11
#36 Kenneth C. Bowman Rite-Hite Holding 11
#41 Victoria Palmer Skebba Jeneil Biosurfactant Company 10
#41 Michael J. Herre J.W. Speaker 10
#41 Grant Morey Stevens GE 10
#41 Vernon R. Kaufman Tecumseh Products 10
#41 Daniel G. Skell Electro-Pro 10
#41 Sudip Mukerji Kohler 10
#41 Nicholas Siler Modine Manufacturing 10
#41 William H. Tiedemann Globe-Union 10
#41 John Larry Thomas Hayes Bicycle Group 10
#50 Donald H. Strobel Badger Meter 9

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