Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ames, IA ranks #843 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 151 patents from 102 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ames, IA include Monsanto Technology, GE, Cnh Industrial America. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 102 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jennifer R. Hicks Monsanto Technology 12
2 Thomas P. Jury Monsanto Technology 10
3 Xiaolei Shi GE 5
#4 Grant T. MacDonald Cnh Industrial America 4
#5 Jun Cui Battelle Memorial Institute 3
#5 Maohong Fan University Of Wyoming 3
#5 Yasufumi Yamamoto Canon 3
#8 Beau D. Lyddon Workiva 2
#8 Sanjeev Kumar Newlink Genetics 2
#8 Michael B. Carter Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software 2
#8 Kai-Ming Ho Iowa State University 2
#8 Scott S. Johnson Agrigenics 2
#8 Matthew Edward Sullivan Workiva 2
#8 Sam Eathington Monsanto Technology 2
#8 Jeremy S. Bennett Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software 2
#8 Robert A. Kluin Workiva 2
#8 Tanay Kesharwani Newlink Genetics 2
#8 Jeffrey Essner Glofish 2
#8 Mindy L. DeVries Gelder Monsanto Technology 2
#8 David C. Jiles Iowa State University 2
#8 Robert A. Bannister Cummins Filtration Ip 2
#8 Christine Margaret MUEHLENTHALER BOE 2
#8 Eric Martin Vaughn BOE 2
#24 Fuyuan Jing Iowa State University 1
#24 Sipho C. Ndlela Unknown 1
#24 Edward Yee Ly Workiva 1
#24 Alan Joseph Streit Workiva 1
#24 Atul G. Kelkar Iowa State University 1
#24 Sumit Chaudhary Iowa State University 1
#24 Joshua G. Bauer Innovative Lighting 1
#24 Yanhai Yin Iowa State University 1
#24 Stephen M. Siegel Workiva 1
#24 Ryan E. Pesch, Jr. Stine Seed Farm 1
#24 Joseph J. Hanak Energy Conversion Devices 1
#24 Galen Dale Wilke Fisher Controls International 1
#24 J. Adin Mann, III Iowa State University 1
#24 Thomas J. Paskach Iowa State University 1
#24 Robert Frank Steffes Ingios Geotechnics 1
#24 Chris H. Hill Electrolux Home Products 1
#24 Steve Nissen Metabolic Technologies 1
#24 Robert McNaull Iowa State University 1
#24 Shinsuke Ide Jfe Steel 1
#24 Colin Josh Hurd Raven Industries 1
#24 Joshua R. Bertram Rockwell Collins 1
#24 Vaithilingam Sekar Dow Agrosciences 1
#24 Bruce Held Stine Biotechnology 1
#24 Manjit Misra Iowa State University 1
#24 Stanley Felix Amirthasamy Fisher Controls International 1
#24 Patrick S. Schnable Iowa State University 1
#24 Robert C. Brown Iowa State University 1

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