Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lancaster, WI ranks #24,378 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 47 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lancaster, WI include Rite-Hite Holding, John Deere, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 12.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Perry W. Knutson Rite-Hite Holding 21
2 Michael R. Leibfried 6
3 Collin Thole Rite-Hite Holding 3
3 Robert Paul Dressler John Deere 3
3 Mark Jordan Schwab 3
#6 Alvin J. Eissens 2
#6 Gary Porter Illinois Tool Works 2
#6 Dennis L. Munns John Deere 2
#9 Lawrence Muldoon 1
#9 Kurt W. Leibfried 1
#9 Nicholas P. Borkovec Caterpillar 1
#9 Gerald Weiss 1
#9 Jon C. Schildgen John Deere 1

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