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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Norfolk, NE ranks #9,831 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 205 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Norfolk, NE include Vishay Dale Electronics, Mp Global Products, L.L.C., Independent Technologies. That works out to 8.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas L. Bertsch Vishay Dale Electronics 23
2 Reid Borgman Mp Global Products, L.L.C. 17
3 David L. Ingalsbe Independent Technologies 16
#4 Glenn Wayne Studebaker Nucor 12
#4 Javed Khan US Dept of Health & Human Services 12
#6 Franklin Leroy Stebbing Nucor 11
#7 Ryan W. Collison 8
#8 Jeremy Jay Lidgett The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 7
#9 Clayton S. Ellsworth 6
#9 Alvin T. Classen 6
#11 Larry Classen Schiller-Pfeiffer 5
#12 Charles T. Plough, Jr. Dale Electronics 4
#12 Stephen Vincent Vishay Dale Electronics 4
#12 Craig Boche Contitech Usa 4
#15 Doug Stevens Global Equipment Company 3
#15 Andrew J. Speidel Contitech Usa 3
#15 Tom Bertsch Vishay Dale Electronics 3
#15 Carl J. Ernesti 3
#15 Daniel W. Johnson IBM 3
#20 Jim L. Hill Nucor 2
#20 Vernon E. Krause 2
#20 Scott Ronald Sanne 2
#20 Brook C. Bugenhagen Nucor 2
#20 Carl Fuelberth Mp Global Products, L.L.C. 2
#20 Douglas W. Tennant 2
#20 Tony J. Bettin Schiller-Pfeiffer 2
#20 Joel M. Moritz 2
#20 Thomas Armbruster Sap Ag 2
#20 Craig Stephens GE 2
#20 Jackson J. Good 2
#31 Troy A. Myers 1
#31 Jeff J. Beller 1
#31 Ralph D. Hight Dale Electronics 1
#31 Leland F. Knudsen 1
#31 Lori A. Colwell 1
#31 Douglas Stevens 1
#31 Robert L. Wiese 1
#31 Scott Charles Watson 1
#31 Steven S. Wagner 1
#31 Danny R. Buckendahl Nucor 1
#31 Doyle G. Hopper, Jr. Nucor 1
#31 Frederick J. Dederman Nucor 1
#31 Errol L. Hazen 1
#31 Michael C. Siemsglusz 1
#31 James L. Pofahl Nucor 1
#31 Jeffrey S. Gallop Nucor 1
#31 Michael T. Chikos Nucor 1
#31 Corey D. Privett Nucor 1
#31 Gerald J. Wieser Nucor 1
#31 Scott Stange 1

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