Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Superior, WI ranks #4,728 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 574 patents from 139 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Superior, WI include Trikausa, GE, Possis Medical. That works out to 847.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 139 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Larry Pulkrabek Trikausa 54
2 Jason A. Polzin GE 29
3 John E. Morris Possis Medical 26
#4 Coy Christmas Fasetto 25
#5 Ty Warner Trikausa 22
#6 Thomas Murphy Silgan Containers 20
#7 James Colegrove Trek Bicycle 17
#7 Paul M. Popowski Honeywell 17
#9 Mikko H. Lipasti IBM 14
#10 Michael Miller Briggs & Stratton 13
#10 Derek Nelson Johnson Health Tech Co. 13
#10 Ron Hedberg Trikausa 13
#13 Danny Uribe Trikausa 12
#13 Francis X. Wedel Generac Power Systems 12
#15 Myron W. Spoehr Talaris 9
#16 Steven R. Stuve Key Safety Systems 8
#16 Terence T. Smith Enthermics Medical Systems 8
#18 Daniel J. Raihala Genesis Attachments 7
#18 Jay Ahling Reald 7
#18 Timothy Hagen Trane International 7
#18 Douglas A. Stetzer Kent Precision Foods Group 7
#22 Joshua Alexander Trumm Therma-Stor 6
#22 Frank Wedel Geneial 6
#24 Mark Pickhard Littelfuse 5
#24 Lori Ann Smith Monsanto Technology 5
#24 Anthony S. WEBER Schiller Grounds Care 5
#24 Christa R. Walter Berol 5
#28 Walter B. Scott 4
#28 Lori S. Julson Monsanto Technology 4
#28 Frank Stearns Valco Instruments Company 4
#28 David M. Heuss Hankscraft 4
#28 Richard A. Hosig 4
#28 Alais Fortier-Meyer Fiskars Brands 4
#28 Matt Haas Trikausa 4
#28 Arthur O. Kunstmann Cray Research 4
#28 Kevin Hopkins Agora Intelligence 4
#28 Jesse Nelson Action Target 4
#28 Kenneth H. Raihala 4
#39 Michael Denzin Motorola 3
#39 Jason Haimerl Tomotherapy Incorporated 3
#39 Brian R. Hale 3
#39 Richard R. Sabroff Aeg Schneider Automation 3
#39 Kenneth Persson 3
#39 Cory Boudreau Lazurite Holdings 3
#39 Christopher Peterson Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems 3
#39 Patrick Donahue Aki 3
#39 Joseph L. Kidd IBM 3
#39 Chad Fulda 3
#39 Robin E. Anderson William Marsh Rice University 3
#39 Jon Helt Bryant Products 3

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