Decorah, IA ranks #13,997 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 118 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decorah, IA include Watlow Electric Manufacturing, Nucor, Tactacam. That works out to 15.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip S. Schmidt | Watlow Electric Manufacturing | 23 |
| 2 | Lionel Edward Dayton | Nucor | 22 |
| 3 | Jeff Peel | Tactacam | 17 |
| #4 | David S. Magner | Trimark | 9 |
| #5 | Jeffrey B. Peel | Tactacam | 4 |
| #5 | Mark THEISMANN | Infastech Intellectual Properties Pte | 4 |
| #7 | Steven J. Demuth | IBM | 3 |
| #7 | Bryan Waskow | — | 3 |
| #7 | Jim Myers | Federal-Hoffman | 3 |
| #10 | Douglas OSBORN | Abbott | 2 |
| #10 | Kevin Kraus | Cornell Research Foundation | 2 |
| #10 | Greg Lewey | — | 2 |
| #10 | Sam Mount | — | 2 |
| #10 | Luke Mount | — | 2 |
| #10 | Steve Demuth | IBM | 2 |
| #10 | Irene Johnson | — | 2 |
| #10 | Lynne Dianne Zotalis | — | 2 |
| #10 | Adam P. Bauer | Black & Decker | 2 |
| #19 | David Sacquitne | — | 1 |
| #19 | Brian E. Crouch | — | 1 |
| #19 | Duane C. Baumler | Infastech Intellectual Properties Pte | 1 |
| #19 | Marian Kaehler | — | 1 |
| #19 | Paul Welliver | Textron | 1 |
| #19 | Jerald T. Skoda | — | 1 |
| #19 | Russell Drenth | — | 1 |
| #19 | Clayton R. Mason | Labarge | 1 |
| #19 | Jackson T. Hayek | — | 1 |
| #19 | Olaf Arne Hoyland | — | 1 |
| #19 | Carl John Naley | Seagate Technology | 1 |
| #19 | Lew Storlie | — | 1 |
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