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West Fargo, ND All Time

844 patents  ·  146 inventors  ·  21.9/1k pop.

Ranked #3,506 of 112,640 cities Top 4%

West Fargo, ND ranks #3,506 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 844 patents from 146 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in West Fargo, ND include IBM, Appareo Systems, John Deere. That works out to 21.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 146 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tushar Agrawal IBM 73
2 Barry D. Batcheller Appareo Systems 42
3 Brij N. Singh John Deere 41
#4 Jeffrey R. Anderson Microsoft 30
#5 James L. Anderson Basf Se 27
#6 Mark F. Bares Clark Equipment 26
#7 David S. Majkrzak Crary 23
#8 David Larry Tveito Cnh Industrial America 20
#8 Gurmukh H. Advani John Deere 20
#8 Nicholas L. Butts Appareo Systems 20
#11 Richard E. Wainwright Hamilton Sundstrand 19
#12 Scott Teigen Penumbra 17
#13 Spencer Mindeman Clark Equipment 16
#13 Adam C. Jorgenson Bwr Innovations 16
#15 Jeffrey Arnold Wilkens Illinois Tool Works 15
#15 Richard Kerner Cnh Industrial America 15
#17 Jason Keith Novacek Cnh Industrial America 14
#18 Paul A. Nystuen Intel 13
#18 Thomas S. Wohl Bwr Innovations 13
#20 Lav Thyagarajan John Deere 12
#20 Chris J. Tremel John Deere 12
#20 Michael A. Hajicek John Deere 12
#20 Jacob N. Gust Cnh America 12
#24 Ronald J. Hoffart — 11
#25 Christopher J. Tremel John Deere 10
#26 Robert A. Sailer Ndsu Research Foundation 9
#26 Ernie Brookins — 9
#26 Larry R. Pederson Battelle Memorial Institute 9
#29 Michael A. Nilson Crary Industries 8
#29 Samuel Brown Essex Group 8
#29 David M. Loken John Deere 8
#29 Peder Pederson Kverneland Group Kerteminde As 8
#29 Kevin Reski — 8
#34 John Michael Eidenshink Pioneer (Corteva) 6
#34 Nathan James Carlson Cnh Industrial America 6
#34 John D. Paulson John Deere 6
#34 Justin Odegaard Doosan Bobcat North America 6
#34 Todd A. Pringle Tecton Products 6
#34 Matt Dondoneau Appareo Systems 6
#34 John Healy Microsoft 6
#41 Paul E. Wibbels Cnh Industrial America 5
#41 Ryan J. King John Deere 5
#41 Mark Krogen Cnh Industrial America 5
#41 Michael J. Henline Clark Equipment 5
#41 Travis Jenson Monsanto Technology 5
#41 Alexander Drofa Sanford Health 5
#47 Sean Seifert Navico 4
#47 Brett Malsom Fairlife 4
#47 Joshua Seibert Vermeer Manufacturing 4
#47 Chad Volk Covidien Lp 4

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