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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalispell, MT ranks #1,669 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,999 patents from 262 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalispell, MT include Emc Ip Holding Company, Semitool, Applied Materials. That works out to 81.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 262 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philippe Armangau Emc Ip Holding Company 284
2 Kyle M. Hanson Semitool 115
3 Gregory J. Wilson Applied Materials 99
#4 Daniel J. Woodruff Semitool 85
#5 Eric J. Bergman Semitool 83
#6 Paul R. McHugh Applied Materials 80
#7 Raymon F. Thompson Semitool 69
#8 Paul Z. Wirth Applied Materials 45
#9 Randy Harris Semitool 41
#10 John L. Klocke Applied Materials 40
#11 Rod Herrick Roddie 32
#11 John L. Raudat Standard Knapp 32
#13 Robert W. Berner Semitool 30
#14 Jeffry Davis Semitool 27
#15 Thomas H. Oberlitner Semitool 24
#15 Lyndon Graham Semitool 24
#17 Robert Tudhope Farlight 22
#17 Robert W. Batz, Jr. Semitool 22
#17 Charles A. Cummings Applied Materials 22
#20 John M. Pedersen Semitool 18
#20 Kert Dolechek Semitool 18
#22 Jared W Shappell Roddie 17
#22 Brock Adam Jahner Continuous Composites 17
#24 Nolan L. Zimmerman Applied Materials 16
#24 Peter V. Meyers Ametek 16
#26 Timothy J. Reardon Semitool 15
#27 Martin Bleck Semitool 14
#28 Michael Jolley Semitool 13
#28 Curt Dundas Semitool 13
#28 Brian Aegerter Semitool 13
#28 Stephen Smith Imagine Communications 13
#32 Stephen P. Culliton Semitool 12
#32 Matthew Weber Netapp 12
#32 Bernard T. Windauer Leupold & Stevens 12
#32 Dana Scranton Semitool 12
#36 Sam Lee Applied Materials 11
#36 Craig P. Meuchel Semitool 11
#38 Keith E. Ypma Micron 10
#38 Derek C. Tarrant Vizn Energy Systems 10
#38 Jason Rye Applied Materials 10
#41 Aaron A. McGinty Falkor Sid 9
#41 Daniel Jones Data Products 9
#41 Justin Croyle Amazon 9
#41 Daniel Durado Semitool 9
#45 Tom Ritzdorf Applied Materials 8
#45 Darryl Byle Semitool 8
#45 Ryan Torgerson Combex 8
#48 Jeffrey I. Turner Semitool 7
#48 Kwan Wook Roh Applied Materials 7
#48 Mikael R. Borjesson Applied Materials 7

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