Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Milwaukee, WI ranks #242 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 12,250 patents from 2,770 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Milwaukee, WI include Milwaukee Electric Tool, Johnson Controls Technology, GE. That works out to 21.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,770 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven W. Hyma Milwaukee Electric Tool 183
2 Sudhi R. Sinha Johnson Controls Technology 153
3 Wolfgang Daum GE 138
#4 Mohammad N. Elbsat Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 106
#5 Robert J. Mack Johnson Controls Technology 89
#6 Russel J. Kerkman Rockwell Automation 82
#7 Sujeet Chand Rockwell Automation 75
#8 David Proeber Milwaukee Electric Tool 72
#9 Kenneth J. Muderlak Technical Concepts 70
#10 Gareth Mueckl Milwaukee Electric Tool 67
#10 Michael J. Koss Koss 67
#12 Kevin J. Bastyr Harman International Industries, Incorporated 59
#13 Chanseol Chung Kohler 58
#14 Eric Mackey Milwaukee Electric Tool 56
#15 John H. Givens Micron 54
#16 John S. Dey, IV Milwaukee Electric Tool 53
#16 Jessica L. Korpela Rockwell Automation 53
#18 Gary L. Skibinski Rockwell Automation 52
#19 Ross McIntyre Milwaukee Electric Tool 50
#20 Matthew J. Ellis Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 48
#21 Boaz Avitall Boston Scientific Scimed 45
#22 Douglas J. Carpiaux Bradley Fixtures 44
#22 Arindam Chakraborty Zurn Industries 44
#22 Stephen Matson Milwaukee Electric Tool 44
#25 Paul Li Raffel Systems 42
#26 Charles William Stearns GE 41
#26 William A. Hunter Hunter Automated Machinery 41
#28 Paul Rossetto Milwaukee Electric Tool 39
#29 Cassandra Anne Schneider Bradley Fixtures 38
#29 Michael Stearns Milwaukee Electric Tool 38
#29 Gary P. Houchin-Miller Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions 38
#32 Birger Pahl Eaton 37
#32 James A. Buckley Hayes Industrial Brake 37
#34 Gregory G. Hughes Modine Manufacturing 36
#34 David John Tyrrell Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 36
#34 Aaron M. Williams Milwaukee Electric Tool 36
#34 Cameron R. Schulz Milwaukee Electric Tool 36
#38 John C. Seymour Quadtech 35
#38 Birinder R. Boveja American Medical Technologies 35
#40 Benjamin L. Miller University Of Rochester 34
#40 Christopher S. Jones Hayes Bicycle Group 34
#42 Ryan J. Malloy Milwaukee Electric Tool 33
#42 Bruce W. Weiss Rockwell Automation 33
#44 David P. Goelz Cree 32
#44 Paul R. Goudy, Jr. Auto-Trol Limited 32
#46 Sung Jin Cho Samsung 31
#46 Michael S. Baran Rockwell Automation 31
#46 Benjamin D. Gall Milwaukee Electric Tool 31
#49 John D. Santi Briggs & Stratton 30
#49 Alex Mecker S. C. Johnson & Son 30

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