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Columbus, WI All Time

268 patents  ·  60 inventors  ·  48.4/1k pop.

Ranked #8,174 of 112,640 cities Top 8%

Columbus, WI ranks #8,174 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 268 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbus, WI include Lyco Manufacturing, Agrigenics, Vibratory Solutions. That works out to 48.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David R. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 66
2 Daniel J. Martinelli Agrigenics 24
3 Scott Rose Vibratory Solutions 13
#4 Scott K. Weisman Lyco Manufacturing 12
#5 Nathan R. Roberts Unknown 10
#5 Nicholas J. Schultz Lumino 10
#5 Garrick D. S. Smith Flugen 10
#8 John L. Phillips Silgan Containers 9
#8 Dorian Lust Northstar Medical Technologies 9
#10 Terry D. Hardesty John Deere 8
#11 Dennis O. Mietzel Hughes Company 6
#11 Jason E. Gaska Joy Global Surface Mining 6
#13 Joshua William Henry Therma-Stor 5
#13 Christopher Pomering Trek Bicycle 5
#15 James A. Will Clarion Pharmaceuticals 4
#15 Paul Keller Allfast Fastening Systems 4
#15 Robert John Motiff Therma-Stor 4
#15 John Paul Baeseman USAA 4
#19 William D. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 3
#19 James Edward Muse John Deere 3
#19 Krishna R. Kumandan Fmc 3
#19 Shirish Ambadas Shimpi Cummins Emission Solutions 3
#23 Beau M. Wishner Unknown 2
#23 Lee D. Schwalenberg Sweet Corn Products 2
#23 Jeffrey S. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 2
#23 David Hayes Trek Bicycle 2
#23 Jeffery S. Zittel Lyco Manufacturing 2
#23 Robert C. Winkley Hughes Company 2
#23 Dave M. Kohlhoff C-M Glo 2
#23 Theodore J. Long, Jr. Lyco Manufacturing 2
#23 Stewart Allen Armstrong — 2
#32 John Kazmierczak Trek Bicycle 1
#32 Winfred E. Mandody Actuant 1
#32 Ivan Luccion Trek Bicycle 1
#32 Kendall C. Krebs WARF 1
#32 Arthur Piepenbrink — 1
#32 Hilary Cadeau Kindt Access Business Group International 1
#32 Alan D. Carlson Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 1
#32 Aaron M Opsteen — 1
#32 Richard Steele — 1
#32 Joanna L. Underwood — 1
#32 Sridharan Madhaven Trek Bicycle 1
#32 Allen W. Anderson Purdue Research Foundation 1
#32 Thomas N. Vaughn — 1
#32 Brian J. Gilbertson — 1
#32 Clinton J. Washam — 1
#32 Micheal M. Forbes — 1
#32 Stuart J. Fritchen Stainless Steel Fabricating 1
#32 Gregory M. Robbins Lyco Manufacturing 1
#32 Matthew Hoelter — 1

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