Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mayville, ND ranks #4,185 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 673 patents from 197 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mayville, ND include Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation, Iteris, Clearag. That works out to 363.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 197 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Edwin S. Olson Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 36
2 John J. Mewes Iteris 33
3 Dustin M. Salentiny Clearag 25
#4 Michael Corcoran Black & Decker 21
#5 Robert R. West Zymogenetics 18
#6 Saleh Faruque Nortel Networks Limited 17
#6 Christopher Lee Martin Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 17
#8 Roland O. Young Telpro 15
#9 Stanley J. Miller Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 14
#10 Ted R. Aulich Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 12
#11 Nikhil Patel Pfp Industries 11
#12 Douglas P Sprehe Agrigenics 10
#12 Gary W. Evans Nutrition21 10
#12 Brian Myron Tande University Of North Dakota 10
#12 Kevin J. Pierce 10
#12 John W. Diehl Motorola 10
#17 Wayne Seames University Of North Dakota 9
#17 Van B. Larson Sure Foot 9
#17 Michael J. Pierce 9
#20 Robert Hale Dtn 8
#20 David Heckmann Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 8
#22 Julia Xiaojun Zhao University Of North Dakota 7
#22 Surojit Gupta Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 7
#22 Jon C. Larson Sure Foot 7
#22 Robert Bonev Smooth Productions 7
#22 Thomas Gray Zeneca Limited 7
#27 Curtis L. Knudson US Dept of Energy 6
#27 Ye Zhuang Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 6
#27 Gene G. Baker Dakota Gasification 6
#27 Leon F. Osborne Iteris 6
#27 Chad A. Wocken Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 6
#27 Steven B. Hawthorne Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 6
#33 Tyler Alyce Voegele Retrax Holdings 5
#33 Ronald Marsh True Temper 5
#33 Ronald C. Timpe Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 5
#33 John R. Rindt 5
#33 Xiaojun Zhao Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co. 5
#33 Chad Joseph Rose Ps Industries Incorporated 5
#39 Lon N. Brorson 4
#39 Jonathan Charles Fargo Retrax Holdings 4
#39 Kevin R. Pierce 4
#39 Don V. Mathsen 4
#39 Robert J. Page Agilent Technologies 4
#39 Joshua R. Strege Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 4
#39 Scott T. Garrett Baxter Travenol Laboratories 4
#39 Paul Kerian 4
#39 Leif Pedersen Iteris 4
#39 Steven Benson Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 4
#39 Duane E. Bartak Technology Applications 4
#39 Jason Laumb Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 4

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