Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sun Prairie, WI ranks #1,942 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,665 patents from 287 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sun Prairie, WI include Intel, Masterchem Industries, AT&T. That works out to 46.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 287 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John A. Miller Intel 89
2 Scott G. Manke Masterchem Industries 61
3 William S. Robbins AT&T 57
#4 Todd R. DeMonte Therma-Stor 47
#5 Michael D. Bulatowicz 42
#6 Frederick J. Montgomery Ino Therapeutics 37
#7 Luke J. Mawst WARF 32
#8 William Lindeman The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 29
#8 Ami Marie Verhalen Abbott 29
#10 Steven R. Reckamp Koss 28
#10 Daniel R. Nett Diversey 28
#10 Douglas S. Rodenkirch Hospira 28
#13 Daniel B. Thiemke John Deere 26
#13 Scott E. Sloan Therma-Stor 26
#13 Ami M. Verhalen Pactiv 26
#16 Mofazzal H. Chowdhury Alfa Laval Agri 23
#17 Sherry Sue Eckholm Abbott 22
#18 John M. Bloemer Kohler 21
#18 Stephen Latham Carefusion 2200 21
#20 Thomas L. Nelson E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 20
#20 Andrew Jones Irobot 20
#22 Arlan D. Lothe Don Evans 19
#23 William S. Nelson Group14 Technologies 18
#23 Jeffrey D. Muhs Martin Marietta Energy Systems 18
#23 Ronald L. Tobia Datex-Ohmeda 18
#26 Amit Joshi Disney 17
#27 Gordon E. Smith Quest Medical 16
#27 Daniel Roger Nett Abbott 16
#29 Thomas J. Hoffman Kuhn North America 15
#29 Timothy J. Johnson Hewlett Packard Enterprise 15
#29 Gary Skaar Oscar Mayer Foods 15
#32 Michael T. Zuroski Cummins Filtration Ip 14
#33 Kurt Heggland Dell Products 13
#33 Justin Krosschell Reciprocal Labs 13
#33 Robert C. Gaffney Rayovac 13
#33 Mike Lohmeier Reciprocal Labs 13
#33 Larry T. Gunderson Cummins Filtration Ip 13
#33 Jerome Verhoeven Therma-Stor 13
#39 Caryn J. Kindkeppel Cummins Filtration Ip 12
#39 Mark E. Malenke Kraft Foods Group Brands 12
#39 Bonita M. Hinze Kraft Foods Group Brands 12
#42 James A. Rattmann Oscar Mayer Foods 11
#42 Justin F. Kuehn Franklin Fueling Systems 11
#44 Greg Falendysz Integra Lifesciences 10
#45 Douglas S. Rodenkirch Diversey 9
#45 Matthew Ebersole Abs Global 9
#45 Zbigniew S. Borkiewicz Kraft Foods Holdings 9
#45 Anthony Buttitta AT&T 9
#45 Jeffrey M. Lipinski Oscar Mayer Foods 9
#50 Agnieszka Flores WARF 8

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