Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oregon, WI ranks #3,804 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 766 patents from 147 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oregon, WI include Virent, Micron, Oscar Mayer Foods. That works out to 68.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 147 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul G. Blommel Virent 35
2 Gerald Barkley Micron 31
3 Timothy G. Mally Oscar Mayer Foods 28
#4 John David Van Sickle Reciprocal Labs 27
#5 Rodney D. Borst Placon 23
#5 Jessie A. Knight Cummins Filtration Ip 23
#5 Jerald J. Moy Cummins Filtration Ip 23
#8 Stephen L. Fallon Nelson Industrial 22
#9 So Wong Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals 18
#10 Mark C. Allie Nelson Industrial 17
#11 Anthony Nicholas Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals 15
#12 Shawn Michael Kaeppler WARF 14
#13 Craig E. Smith Promega 12
#13 Brad Diedrich Mitek Holdings 12
#13 Robbie J. Sjostedt Stoughton Composites 12
#13 Janna L. Rose Rayovac 12
#17 Gregory J. Davidson Energizer Brands 11
#18 Jonathan F. McAnulty WARF 10
#18 Pierce J. Peterson S. C. Johnson & Son 10
#18 Stephen J. Dieter Leer Group 10
#18 Sage L. Kokjohn WARF 10
#22 David M. Sarcona Cummins Emission Solutions 9
#22 George E. Mavroudis Cummins Emission Solutions 9
#22 Steve Dieter Integra Lifesciences 9
#22 Mostafa M. Khosropour Nelson Industrial 9
#22 Paul J. Bertics WARF 9
#22 Scott Lesley Promega 9
#22 Curtis R. Brandt WARF 9
#22 Michael M. Cox WARF 9
#30 Terry Riss Promega 8
#30 Jeannie Mee Blommel Uop 8
#30 John C. Wright WARF 8
#30 Bryan P. Steffen Cummins Filtration Ip 8
#30 Heidi Kaeppler WARF 8
#30 Harlan Hall Coating Place 8
#36 Drew Garty Veeva Systems 7
#36 Richard A. Moravec Promega 7
#36 Steven H. Demsien Berol 7
#39 Daniel S. McGuire Wisys Technology Foundation 6
#39 John Ringstad Cummins Emission Solutions 6
#39 Eric B. Roesch Eragen Biosciences 6
#39 Matthew Orton Accuray Incorporated 6
#39 Jeffrey S. Baillies Hypertherm 6
#39 James A. Debilzen Nelson Industrial 6
#39 Barbara J. Kaboord Pierce Biotechnology 6
#39 Andrew Huerth Alliance Laundry Systems 6
#39 Jayson Serrault Berol 6
#48 Manfred W. Suhr 3M 5
#48 Ronald Erfurth 5
#48 Steven Paul Moore 5

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