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Chippewa Falls, WI All Time

1,096 patents  ·  216 inventors  ·  74.4/1k pop.

Ranked #2,805 of 112,640 cities Top 3%

Chippewa Falls, WI ranks #2,805 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,096 patents from 216 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chippewa Falls, WI include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Motorola, Cray Research. That works out to 74.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 216 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Harvey J. Lunsman Hewlett Packard Enterprise 48
2 Mark S. Birrittella Motorola 37
3 Steven Dean Hewlett Packard Enterprise 35
#4 Melvin C. August Cray Research 31
#5 Randal S. Passint Cray Research 26
#6 Christopher L. Peterson Actuant 25
#7 David R. Collins Cray Research 22
#7 Kurt C. Swanson — 22
#9 James A. Hedrington National Presto Industries 20
#10 Eugene F. Neumann Cray Research 19
#10 John T. Williams Cray Research 19
#12 Steven M. Oberlin Cray Research 18
#12 James T. Kirchen Illinois Tool Works 18
#12 James S. Tisol, Jr. Illinois Tool Works 18
#15 Daniel Kunkel Sumitomo Rubber Industries 17
#15 Alan J. Schiffleger Cray Research 17
#17 Bradley W. Bartilson Cray Research 16
#17 Stephen A. Bowen Cray Research 16
#17 Josh Williams Tula Health 16
#17 Mark Ronald Sikkink Silicon Graphics 16
#21 Michael Scott Hewlett Packard Enterprise 15
#22 Stephen Nelson Cray Research 14
#22 Richard B. Salmonson Cray Research 14
#24 Andrew B. Terrill Brady Worldwide 13
#25 David W. Edland Illinois Tool Works 12
#25 Seth Rooney Rusoh 12
#25 Herbert A. Waggener AT&T 12
#25 Seymour R. Cray Cray Computer 12
#29 Benjamin H. Moerke Illinois Tool Works 11
#29 Gerald A. Schwoerer Cray 11
#31 Robert James Lutz Daktronics 10
#31 Joseph M. Placek Hewlett Packard Enterprise 10
#31 Robert C. Martineau Quanex 10
#34 John C. Schubert Amoco 9
#34 Richard R. Steitz Cray Research 9
#34 Roger A. Bethard Cray 9
#34 David Rush Cray 9
#34 Chris Peterson Fiskars Brands 9
#34 Eric D. Lakin Sundstrand 9
#40 Richard D. Pribnow Cray Research 8
#40 Curtis M. Bowe Curt Manufacturing 8
#40 Edward C. LeDuc Amoco 8
#43 Steve Martin Cray 7
#43 Harry G. Lippert Extrusion Dies 7
#43 Vernon J. Krupa Extrusion Dies 7
#43 Steven S. Chen Cray Research 7
#43 Scott A. Olson S. C. Johnson & Son 7
#43 Gerald A. Thoe Oriel Therapeutics 7
#43 Gene Sluss Virage Logic 7
#43 Terry Jacobson AT&T 7

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