Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Germantown, WI ranks #2,112 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,508 patents from 294 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Germantown, WI include Hellermanntyton Co., Briggs & Stratton, GE. That works out to 72.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 294 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Edward P. Dyer Hellermanntyton Co. 50
2 Steven J. Weber Briggs & Stratton 45
3 Robert F. Senzig GE 43
#4 John M. Loberger Bradley Fixtures 41
#5 Rangarajan M. Tallam Rockwell Automation 39
#6 Travis C. Malouf Brunswick 36
#7 Lance T. Hampel L.T. Hampel 35
#8 Samuel Sheeks Milwaukee Electric Tool 31
#9 Robert H. Schmidt Rockwell Automation 30
#10 Mark W. Cors Milwaukee Electric Tool 28
#10 Thomas P. Gasper S. C. Johnson & Son 28
#12 Vijay Bhavaraju Eaton 24
#13 Bernard N. Spiegelberg Tulips 21
#14 David Hlavac Milwaukee Electric Tool 20
#15 Jennifer M. Schneider Titan Spine 19
#16 Robert J. Hensel Brunswick 18
#16 Daniel Schlegel Case Gmbh 18
#18 Bruce R. Studer Gardner Manufacturing Co. 17
#18 Fred J. Fleitz Codexis 17
#20 Stephen D. Cash Johnson Controls Technology 15
#21 Jeffrey L. Spenner J.W. Speaker 14
#21 Norman C. Abler Kraft Foods Holdings 14
#21 Kevin W. Bork Bemis Manufacturing 14
#21 Steven M. Schneider Satisloh North America 14
#25 Michael Horvath Dana Automotive Systems Group 13
#25 David L. Westfall The Lubrizol 13
#25 Janus Bartelick Alto-Shaam 13
#25 Marc Beroukas Raffel Systems 13
#25 Joel Q. Xue GE 13
#30 Peter Alex Sentera 12
#30 Diane Strelow Ato Findley 12
#30 Karamjeet Singh GE 12
#33 Karen L. Peterson Pkware 11
#33 Mark Emerson 11
#33 Jeffrey T. Zank The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 11
#33 Mark David Fries GE 11
#33 Paul Ratzmann GE 11
#38 Robert J. Ehmke Design Specialties 10
#38 Ismael Garcia Guide 10
#40 David Isaac Aunkst Harley-Davidson Motor Company 9
#40 Deann Marie Haas GE 9
#40 Jerry Hanauer Microchip Technology Incorporated 9
#40 Dragoslav Popovic J.W. Speaker 9
#40 Michael Loth Rockwell Automation 9
#40 Dennis J. Luo Rockwell Automation 9
#40 John R. Figie Rockwell Automation 9
#40 Clement F. Hying Huffy 9
#48 Peter Kastner Roche Diagnostics Operations 8
#48 John R. Zellner Bell And Howell 8
#48 Thomas G. Volk Reliance Com/Tec 8

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