Iowa — Patent Inventors 1982 | Patent Leaderboard

Top Cities in Iowa 1982

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Cedar Rapids, IA	52	42
#2	Ames, IA	39	33
#3	Des Moines, IA	31	24
#4	Iowa City, IA	20	17
#5	Davenport, IA	19	16
#6	Dubuque, IA	17	14
#7	Waterloo, IA	14	14
#8	West Burlington, IA	13	8
#9	Bettendorf, IA	13	10
#10	Muscatine, IA	10	10
#11	Cedar Falls, IA	10	9
#12	Ankeny, IA	9	6
#13	Sac City, IA	9	3
#14	Ottumwa, IA	8	8
#15	De Witt, IA	8	8
#16	Sioux City, IA	7	5
#17	Spirit Lake, IA	7	5
#18	Winterset, IA	5	4
#19	Urbandale, IA	5	4
#20	Marion, IA	5	5
#21	Newton, IA	5	5
#22	Iowa Falls, IA	5	5
#23	Mason City, IA	4	4
#24	Ida Grove, IA	4	3
#25	Mount Ayr, IA	3	2

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	John F. Shumaker	Sac City	J. I. Case	7
2	Donald J. Parquet	West Burlington	J. I. Case	4
2	Melvin H. Rhodes	Cedar Rapids	Rockwell International	4
#4	Gene D. Carlson	Ankeny	Frye Copysystems	3
#4	Allen D. Myers	Ames	Caterpillar	3
#4	Wayne R. Miller	Dubuque	John Deere	3
#4	Richard M. Hyman, Sr.	Iowa City	Cooper Laboratories	3
#4	Gerry H. Ehrhardt	Des Moines	Frye Copysystems	3
#4	Francis E. Schlueter	Des Moines	John Deere	3
#10	Ram N. Rathi	Cedar Rapids	Harnischfeger	2
#10	David Good	Des Moines	—	2
#10	George E. Chadima, Jr.	Cedar Rapids	Norand	2
#10	Ben White	Cedar Rapids	Fiber	2
#10	Gary B. Ader	Spirit Lake	Berkley	2
#10	David L. Wells	Bettendorf	Sarcos	2
#10	Myron Gordin	Oskaloosa	Musco	2
#10	Robert L. McMickle	Spirit Lake	Berkley	2
#10	Ray T. Townsend	Des Moines	Townsend Engineering	2
#10	Timothy Harrington	Cedar Rapids	Rockwell International	2
#10	Kevin C. Stodola	Cedar Rapids	Rockwell International	2
#10	Merton C. Knapp	Mount Ayr	—	2
#10	Elmer K. Hansen	Sioux City	Dodgen Industries	2
#10	George W. Hall	Sioux City	Dittler Brothers Incorporated	2
#10	Peter G. Bartlett	Davenport	Automatic Systems	2
#10	Carl O. Pedersen	West Burlington	J. I. Case	2