Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waukesha, WI ranks #534 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,319 patents from 1,162 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waukesha, WI include Health Research, Paccar, Milwaukee Electric Tool. That works out to 88.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,162 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas J. Dougherty Health Research 112
2 Jeffrey P. Smith Paccar 97
3 Gary D. Meyer Milwaukee Electric Tool 77
#4 Timothy R. Obermann Milwaukee Electric Tool 70
#5 Paul Omdoll The Colman Group 52
#5 Mark J. Sarder Champion Power Equipment 52
#5 James G. Ballard Milwaukee Electric Tool 52
#8 Jonathan A. Zick Milwaukee Electric Tool 51
#8 Antonio Caiafa GE 51
#8 Jean-Baptiste Thibault GE 51
#11 Kenneth Scott Kump GE 50
#12 Carey Shawn Rogers GE 49
#13 Darin Robert Okerlund GE 47
#13 Richard A. Falk Midwest Instrument 47
#15 Joseph R. Ribbich Johnson Controls Technology 46
#15 Gary H. Glover GE 46
#15 Scott Schneider Milwaukee Electric Tool 46
#18 Nicholas A. Oblamski Woodway Usa 45
#19 Jeffrey R. Annis Rockwell Automation 44
#20 Hui Hu GE 43
#20 Thomas S. Diss Silgan Containers 43
#22 Scott David Wollenweber GE 42
#22 Robert D. Kern Generac Power Systems 42
#24 Chelsey Lewis GE 41
#25 Dale B. Trester Cps Technology Holdings 40
#25 Michael G. Wurm 3M 40
#27 James A. Benjamin Eaton 38
#28 Duane W. Wenzel Milwaukee Electric Tool 37
#29 Patrick M. West, Jr. IBM 35
#29 Robert W. Lade Eaton 35
#31 Frank John Muench Cooper Technologies 33
#31 Timothy M. Mazurkiewicz Aptargroup 33
#33 Scott Ryan Zefon International 31
#34 Jeffrey Alan Kautzer GE 30
#34 Joseph Francis Mann Rockwell Automation 30
#36 Mark D. Bronkalla IBM 29
#36 Homero L. Noboa Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 29
#38 Bert Krivec 28
#39 James P. Miller Rockwell Automation 26
#39 Daniel S. Nelson Lion Copolymers Geismar 26
#39 Justin L. Voden Great Lakes Dart Mfg. 26
#42 John Christianson Empire Level Mfg. 25
#42 Robert G. Penlesky Broan-Nutone 25
#42 Paul Mullen GE 25
#42 Maruthi Narasinga Rao Devarakonda GE 25
#46 Ross Christopher Stalter GE 24
#46 Brandon Smith GE 24
#48 Adrian Jeremy Knowles GE 23
#48 Michael S. Osvatic Illinois Tool Works 23
#48 Stephen W. Flax GE 23

Part of Wisconsin