Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Madison, WI ranks #113 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 22,785 patents from 4,527 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Madison, WI include Monsanto Technology, Lsi, Exact Sciences. That works out to 84.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 4,527 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathaniel J. Page Monsanto Technology 153
2 Jun Xiao Lsi 137
3 Graham P. Lidgard Exact Sciences 115
#4 Colin Roberts Fiskars Brands 114
#5 Zhijun Chen Applied Materials 108
#5 Yuanyuan Zhang Mediatek Singapore Pte. 108
#7 Heinrich K. Schnoes WARF 100
#8 Rafal R. Sicinski WARF 99
#9 Robert M. Engelke Ultratec 98
#10 Jon Wolff Mirus Bio 97
#11 David V. Goeddel Genentech 96
#12 Victor Lyamichev Roche Sequencing Solutions 90
#13 Liu Yang Intel 80
#13 Christopher E. Holm Cummins Filtration Ip 80
#15 Khusi Ram Tiwari Pioneer (Corteva) 78
#16 Ronald T. Raines WARF 77
#17 Jaron M. Acker Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Ip Unlimited 75
#18 James A. Thomson WARF 74
#18 Riyad Moe Gyrus Acmi 74
#18 Randy D. Cortright Virent 74
#21 Daniel W. van der Weide Neuwave Medical 72
#21 Goetz Graefe Microsoft 72
#23 Richard Taylor Nexeon Limited 70
#24 Mark E. Cook WARF 68
#25 Justin D. Dorman Milwaukee Electric Tool 65
#26 Mark C. Shults Dexcom 64
#26 Wenhui Zhou Promega 64
#28 Erik S. Paulson Johnson Controls Technology 63
#29 Charles A. Mistretta WARF 61
#30 Joseph Ashley Taylor Alcatel Lucent 60
#30 Emery Weber Fiskars Finland Oy Ab 60
#30 Vladimir Budker Mirus Bio 60
#30 Dan Botez WARF 60
#34 Guang-Hong Chen WARF 59
#35 Samuel H. Gellman WARF 57
#35 Jesse Darley Abbott 57
#37 David C. Schwartz WARF 55
#37 Andrew Mark Cigan Pioneer (Corteva) 55
#39 Timothy Williams Cypress Semiconductor 52
#40 Richard B. Mazess Lunar 51
#40 Gary Nelson Garcia Molina WARF 51
#42 Donald L. Evans Digideal 49
#43 Scott I. Biba Bradley Fixtures 48
#43 Lloyd M. Smith WARF 48
#45 David J. Marshall Spotless Plastics Pty. 47
#45 Z. Gerald Liu Cummins Emission Solutions 47
#45 Ning Jin General Motors 47
#48 Song Jin University Of Wyoming Research 46
#48 Dennis P. Curran University Of Pittsburgh 46
#50 Luigi Capodieci AMD 44

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