Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willmar, MN ranks #3,351 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 894 patents from 93 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willmar, MN include Monsanto Technology, Pioneer (Corteva), Epitopix. That works out to 42.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 93 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fufa H. Birru Monsanto Technology 269
2 Martin A. Fabrizius Pioneer (Corteva) 237
3 Daryll A. Emery Epitopix 60
#4 John P. Kennedy Glatt Air Techniques 19
#5 Steven L. Molenaar Molenaar 15
#5 Nicholas R. Pederson Cnh Industrial America 15
#5 Aaron Tollefsrud Cnh Industrial America 15
#8 Charles O'Connell Cnh Industrial America 14
#8 Marc S. Gorans Nova-Tech Engineering 14
#8 Lyle P. Mangen Cnh Industrial America 14
#11 Carl Raymond Douglass, III Prinsco 12
#12 Richard Huisinga Willmar Poultry Company 11
#13 Dane M. Kallevig Cnh America 10
#14 Ronald E. Markfelder Molenaar 9
#15 Brian L. Douglass Prinsco 8
#15 Charles Nelson Carver, III Epitopix 8
#17 Jeremy A. Amundson Cnh Industrial America 7
#18 Harold A. Davis The Procter & Gamble 6
#18 Stephen Stuhr Cnh America 6
#18 Jeremy Imdieke Nova-Tech Engineering 6
#18 Roger Harkess Nova-Tech Engineering 6
#18 Dale C. Lindquist Conceptus 6
#23 Kent A. Underland Indian Motorcycle International 5
#23 Matthew R. Biel Nova-Tech Engineering 5
#25 Christopher J. Stark Nova-Tech Engineering 4
#25 Gerald Vogel 4
#25 Keith M. Ricke Cnh America 4
#25 Justin Klein 4
#29 James Kleven Nova-Tech Engineering 3
#29 Thomas M. Westhoff 3
#29 Steven D. Leitch Hormel Foods 3
#29 Larry W. Pompe 3
#29 Shaun Remmel Nova-Tech Engineering 3
#29 Randy Lindemeier Cnh Industrial America 3
#29 Scott Nedrelow 3
#29 Shawn Engstrom Life-Science Innovations 3
#29 Rodney C. Ruhe 3
#29 Bradley J Foresman Agrigenics 3
#39 Hubert Fixsen 2
#39 Jerome Johnson Honeybee Robotics 2
#39 Robert W. Rosenbrook Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#39 Bobby Gene Poe, III Life-Science Innovations 2
#39 Amran Abukar 2
#39 Randy R. Alsleben Hormel Foods 2
#39 Dennis W. Meyer 2
#39 Donavan E. Zammert Epitopix 2
#39 Arnold H. Plowman 2
#39 Gayla K. Kallevig Epitopix 2
#39 Hubert Fixen Steiner Turf Equipment 2
#39 Lester V. Molenaar James Industries 2

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