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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomington, IL ranks #901 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 141 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomington, IL include Monsanto Technology, State Farm, IBM. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas L. Floyd Monsanto Technology 20
2 Nathan L. Tofte State Farm 13
3 Jackie O. Jordan, II State Farm 11
#4 Patrick H. Boyer State Farm 8
#5 David James Dosher State Farm 6
#5 Jonathan D. Maurer State Farm 6
#5 Nicholas U. Christopulos State Farm 6
#8 Todd Binion State Farm 5
#8 Brian N. Harvey State Farm 5
#8 Steven C. Cielocha State Farm 5
#8 John A. Nepomuceno State Farm 5
#12 Joe Harr State Farm 4
#12 Steve J. Balbach State Farm 4
#14 Rosemarie Geier Grant State Farm 3
#14 Shawn M. Call State Farm 3
#16 Alexandre Polozoff IBM 2
#16 Gregory D. Carter State Farm 2
#16 Lee C. Drinan State Farm 2
#16 Christina P. Mullen State Farm 2
#16 Gregory Hayward State Farm 2
#21 Eric Haefli State Farm 1
#21 Tim G. Sanidas State Farm 1
#21 Kyle Pott State Farm 1
#21 Michael Jeffrey Aviles State Farm 1
#21 Scott C. Morris State Farm 1
#21 Natalie Nelson State Farm 1
#21 Susan M. Dunham State Farm 1
#21 John Donovan State Farm 1
#21 Michael Bernico State Farm 1
#21 John Dillard State Farm 1
#21 Robert Fatima State Farm 1
#21 Alex Anton State Farm 1
#21 Paul Middleman State Farm 1
#21 David J. Hughes State Farm 1
#21 William Bryan Smith Integrated Medical Technologies 1
#21 Steve Cielocha State Farm 1
#21 Jason Hamilton 1
#21 Surendra Karnatapu State Farm 1
#21 Byron R. Wear Caterpillar 1
#21 Jennifer Vericella Prado 1
#21 Craig S. Raistrick 1
#21 Randy Reiff State Farm 1
#21 Donald Lemont Stamets Caterpillar 1
#21 Kranti K. Nellutla Caterpillar 1
#21 Gina Vericella Crevi 1
#21 David Raistrick 1
#21 Mark Oostman 1

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