Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Whitefish Bay, WI ranks #2,257 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,397 patents from 211 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Whitefish Bay, WI include Motorola, Johnson Controls Technology, GE. That works out to 93.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 211 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John M. Harris Motorola 134
2 Timothy I. Salsbury Johnson Controls Technology 58
3 Sergio Lemaitre GE 51
#4 Terrence K. Mahon Kohler 47
#5 Liang Liang Qualcomm 41
#6 Kevin B. Kline Magarl 34
#7 Gregory J. Organek Eaton 33
#7 David M. Wasserman The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 33
#9 Kent Solberg Ruud Lighting 31
#9 Todd J. Muderlak Xela Innovations 31
#9 Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. Whirlpool 31
#9 Marc Simon Ford 31
#13 James Wekwert Milwaukee Electric Tool 30
#14 Stephen Denker Exergyn 29
#14 Alexander Ganin GE 29
#16 Garron Morris Rockwell Automation 26
#17 James C. Stebnicki 25
#18 Brian E. Woodnorth Newell Operating 24
#19 Dalton F. Hansen Milwaukee Electric Tool 23
#20 David C. Janssen Strattec Security 22
#21 William J. Wruck Johnson Controls Technology 18
#21 John T. Pierson Johnson Controls Technology 18
#23 Marc S. D'Antuono Milwaukee Electric Tool 17
#24 Eric Berndt Schaeffler 12
#24 William E. Grass Eaton 12
#24 Jean C. Califano Abb Vie 12
#24 Theodore L. Rhyne GE 12
#24 C. Thomas Sylke Bright Acceleration Technologies 12
#24 Steven R. Schachameyer Eaton 12
#24 Michael Gagas Adaptor 12
#31 Ralf Jäger Axiom Foods 10
#31 Raymond W. Drea Harley-Davidson Motor Company 10
#31 Joseph Paul Uphaus Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 10
#31 Paul Schluter GE 10
#31 Dennis Miller Boston Scientific Scimed 10
#36 Michael Monteleone Milwaukee Electric Tool 9
#36 Mark Alan Verheyen Eaton 9
#36 Michael Toll Hellermanntyton Co. 9
#39 Herbert J. Doll Johnson Controls Technology 8
#39 Christopher Jon Potokar GE 8
#39 Ian Wallace Tci Co. 8
#39 Jeannine O. Colla Johnson Service 8
#39 Justin Monroe Blount Illinois Tool Works 8
#39 Ian Wallace Drs Power & Control Technologies 8
#45 Andrew J. Novotny Direct Supply 7
#45 Thomas P. Foran Milwaukee Electric Tool 7
#45 Matthew Terran Kaminecki Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. 7
#48 Jonathon Haggerty Perlick 6
#48 William B. Campbell University Of Texas System 6
#48 Brendan Burns Healy Dell Products 6

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