Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cottage Grove, WI ranks #4,796 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 564 patents from 93 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cottage Grove, WI include Cummins Filtration Ip, Cummins Emission Solutions, Fallbrook Technologies. That works out to 77.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 93 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott W. Schwartz Cummins Filtration Ip 64
2 Ryan M. Johnson Cummins Emission Solutions 57
3 Oronde J. Armstrong Fallbrook Technologies 26
#4 John Klaus Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Ip Unlimited 21
#5 Sean B. Carroll Ophidian Pharmaceuticals 19
#5 Clint Kolda Saris Cycling Group 19
#7 Weizhong Yu Therma-Stor 18
#8 Evan Sparks Weber-Stephen Products 17
#9 Grant M. Lorang Therma-Stor 16
#10 Benjamin J. PAPROCKI Nicoventures Trading Limited 15
#11 Jeffrey E. Gunderson Acry Fab 12
#11 Thomas Bender, II GE 12
#13 Richard G. Giallombardo Therma-Stor 11
#14 Ronald J. Pulvermacher Dec International 10
#14 Gregory E. Dermer Intel 10
#16 Nathan Adam Hughes Enerpac Tool Group 9
#16 Scott A. Jonovic Western Industries 9
#16 Christine Andrews Promega 9
#19 James L. Steele WARF 8
#19 Kenneth R. Clark Metal Box P.L.C. 8
#19 Daniel Kephart Promega 8
#19 Kenneth C. Gehring Group14 Technologies 8
#19 Robert A. Podell Illinois Tool Works 8
#19 Michelle Curtis Third Wave Technologies 8
#25 Randy J. Hilgart Saris Cycling Group 7
#25 Shane O'Connor Cummins Emission Solutions 7
#25 Randal D. Stevenson Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh 7
#28 Todd C. Strother WARF 6
#28 Alan C. Wood Sub-Zero Group 6
#28 J. Scott Madsen Coating Place 6
#28 Douglas A. Cusack Trek Bicycle 6
#32 Cory Painter Kraft Foods Holdings 5
#32 Denise L. Pernetti Ohmeda 5
#32 Wesley Moreau GE 5
#35 Gary A. Winkler Kraft Foods Holdings 4
#35 Robb Allan Peebles The Access Technologies 4
#35 Margaret B. van Boldrik Ophidian Pharmaceuticals 4
#35 Tim Hartung Trek Bicycle 4
#35 Stephen Roland Howe Orbis 4
#35 Michael L. Viken Weir Slurry Group 4
#41 Amy Lautenbach 3
#41 Rodney Heller 3
#41 Ilse Tyler Third Wave Technologies 3
#41 Mark C. Converse WARF 3
#41 David Laundrie Franklin Fueling Systems 3
#46 Terrence Patrick Clark Eli Lilly 2
#46 Jon P. Mortrud 2
#46 John Wendt Veyance Technologies 2
#46 Wendell M. Hottmann Gillett Canada 2
#46 Jennifer R. Meyer 2

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