Top Inventors in Columbus, NE | Patent Leaderboard

Columbus, NE ranks #4,220 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 667 patents from 142 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbus, NE include Saunders Archery, Vishay Dale Electronics, Dale Electronics. That works out to 27.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 142 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Charles A. Saunders	Saunders Archery	66
2	Clark L. Smith	Vishay Dale Electronics	40
3	Thomas L. Veik	Vishay Dale Electronics	36
#4	Todd L. Wyatt	Vishay Dale Electronics	30
#5	Herman R. Person	Dale Electronics	29
#6	Joel J. Smejkal	Vishay Dale Electronics	21
#7	Joshua H. Johnson	Covidien Lp	18
#8	James A. Hellbusch	Duo Lift Manufacturing Co.	17
#8	Jay R. White	Jay Roberts	17
#10	Steve Hendricks	Vishay Dale Electronics	16
#11	Richard A. Karlin	Gordon Barlow Design	14
#12	David Lange	Vishay Dale Electronics	12
#12	Jeffrey T. Adelman	Dale Electronics	12
#14	Rod Brune	Vishay Dale Electronics	11
#15	Darin Glenn	Vishay Dale Electronics	10
#15	Howard Steve Ellenburg	Nite Ize	10
#17	Steven R. Hall	MIT	9
#17	Delmar D. Kosch	Waitt/Fremont Machine L.L.C.	9
#17	Gerald Bonczynski	Becton, Dickinson And	9
#20	Shane Hanson	Superior Industries	8
#20	Jerald R. Melcher	Team Technologies	8
#20	Rodney Brune	Vishay Dale Electronics	8
#20	Brian Keyes	Dow Corning	8
#20	Lawrence J. Zach	Becton, Dickinson And	8
#25	James William KRAMER	Zygo	7
#25	Scott D. Zwick	Dale Electronics	7
#27	Roger V. Bettenhausen	—	6
#27	John C. David	Fleischer Manufacturing	6
#27	James C. Kropatsch	Becton, Dickinson And	6
#27	Timothy W. Tobiason	General Chemical	6
#31	Joseph F. Hesse	Dale Electronics	5
#31	Mark A. German	Becton, Dickinson And	5
#31	Steven L. Koziol	Becton, Dickinson And	5
#31	William Fritz	Toray Plastics (America)	5
#31	James Fritz	Ford	5
#31	Mathew W. Fleischer	Fleischer Manufacturing	5
#31	Dustin Drake	Becton, Dickinson And	5
#31	Terry L. Sprieck	Becton, Dickinson And	5
#31	Mark D. Ahlers	Paige Electric Company, Lp	5
#31	Alois J. Kosch	Valmont Industries	5
#41	C. Lambert	—	4
#41	Duane L. Schmitt	Becton, Dickinson And	4
#41	Chris Afrank	Superior Industries	4
#44	David A. Siekmeier	Lindsay Manufacturing	3
#44	Daniel Gloor	Superba (Sa)	3
#44	Brandon Traudt	Vishay Dale Electronics	3
#44	Ronald J. Miksch	Vishay Dale Electronics	3
#44	Jamie Fischer	—	3
#44	Paul Schumacher	Tenova S.P.A.	3
#44	Tom A. Bolte	Cargill, Incorporated	3

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