Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pewaukee, WI ranks #1,490 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,261 patents from 359 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pewaukee, WI include Milwaukee Electric Tool, Aptargroup, GE. That works out to 274.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 359 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey M. Zeiler Milwaukee Electric Tool 144
2 Richard A. Gross Aptargroup 91
3 Saad Ahmed Sirohey GE 74
#4 Robert Koenen Briggs & Stratton 67
#5 Abhijeet A. Khangar Milwaukee Electric Tool 60
#6 Michael S. Steele Milwaukee Electric Tool 59
#7 Jeffrey M. Wackwitz Milwaukee Electric Tool 55
#8 Andrew T. Beyerl Milwaukee Electric Tool 50
#9 James E. Pangerc Black & Decker 47
#9 David L. Wiesemann Actuant 47
#11 Thomas R. Bednar Milwaukee Electric Tool 46
#12 Thomas Foo E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 44
#13 Scott Zimmerman Afero 43
#14 Ping Xue GE 39
#15 Gireesha Chinthamani Rao GE 37
#16 Zhihong Jin Cps Technology Holdings 35
#16 Jiaqi Li GE 35
#18 Jasbir Sra GE 34
#19 Jacob N. Zimmerman Milwaukee Electric Tool 31
#20 Peter J. Petit Envirex 25
#21 Andrew R. Wyler Milwaukee Electric Tool 24
#22 Douglas W. Allen Milwaukee Electric Tool 22
#23 Thomas M. Golner Waukesha Electric Systems 21
#24 Ming Qiao Virent 20
#24 Richard J. LaSota Milwaukee Electric Tool 20
#26 Hewei Gao GE 18
#26 George W. Smith Evoqua Water Technologies 18
#28 Bernie Ziebart San Jamar 17
#28 Mark A. Hackler E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 17
#30 R. Stewart Smith Novozymes Bioag A/S 16
#31 David M. Rose Milwaukee Electric Tool 15
#31 Nic Saeger Electrolux Home Products 15
#31 William K. Lueschen Hellermanntyton Co. 15
#34 Peter A. Craig Johnson Controls Technology 14
#35 Kent Tabor John Bean Technologies 13
#35 Christine G. Kronich Medtronic 13
#37 Edward J. Gaffney Ortho-Kinetics 12
#37 Norma K. Bullock Globe-Union 12
#37 Douglas P. Dietz GE 12
#37 Christopher F. Boehme Milwaukee Electric Tool 12
#37 Bryan Fulmer Delphi Technologies 12
#42 Brent Elliott Coffey Broan-Nutone 11
#42 Robert John Johnsen GE 11
#44 Brian Ginther Harley-Davidson Motor Company 10
#44 Eugene Palatnik Biochem International 10
#44 Kurt M. Lloyd Harnischfeger Engineers 10
#44 Tan Liu Otis Elevator 10
#48 Robert E. Scofield Allen-Bradley Company 9
#48 Dale A. Knutson Applied Power 9
#48 Arka Datta GE 9

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