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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Whitefish, MT ranks #8,010 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 276 patents from 65 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Whitefish, MT include Ford, Safety By Design, Applied Materials. That works out to 35.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 65 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ronald David Brost Ford 24
2 John R. Rohde Safety By Design 23
3 Marvin L. Bernt Applied Materials 18
#4 James B. French, Jr. Western Digital Technologies 16
#5 Timothy W. Byers 15
#6 Blaine G. Wright Semitool 12
#7 Kristopher Lawrence Jense 10
#7 Skye Drynan Sexy Back Bra 10
#9 Kenneth H. Green Timberline Tool, L.L.C. 8
#9 Samantha Bench Finisar 8
#11 Mark P. Colonna Pipstek 7
#11 Dean G. Grommet 7
#11 Laurence D. Delaney Integrated Materials 7
#11 Charles Sharbono Applied Materials 7
#15 Erik Nadeau American Sterilizer 5
#15 John W. Klovstad ExxonMobil 5
#17 Mitchell Everts Intel 4
#17 Stewart Cardon 4
#17 Avinash SHANTARAM Applied Materials 4
#17 Dakin Fulton Semitool 4
#17 Kristine M. Brost Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated 4
#17 Scott Osterman Applied Materials 4
#23 Steven Peace 3
#23 Sasha Montagu Unknown 3
#23 Gary C. Tallman 3
#23 Bryan Cook Intel 3
#23 Dean Brennan 3
#23 Kory McGavin 3
#23 W. Alexander Gray, III Standard Fiber 3
#23 John E. Byers Bend Reserch 3
#23 Paul Van Valkenburg Applied Materials 3
#32 Jim Bungener Kitty Hawk 2
#32 Elisabeth McGavin 2
#32 Randall Stillson 2
#32 Paul Van Valkenburg Applied Materials 2
#32 Lee R. Dreyer 2
#32 Shirley Louise Davis Unknown 2
#32 Linda Hill 2
#32 Christian C. Evans 2
#32 Raymond L. Quilling 2
#41 Gary Saindon 1
#41 Garr Morgan Jones 1
#41 Raleigh Leslie 1
#41 M. Casey Malmquist 1
#41 Jim MacAllister Northwest River Supplies 1
#41 Kurt D. Erickson 1
#41 Robert Kent Knox 1
#41 Raymond R. Chiang 1
#41 Cody Benkelman 1
#41 Albert Sweeney 1

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