Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Morton, IL ranks #1,191 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 107 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Morton, IL include Caterpillar, Precision Planting, Cnh Industrial America. That works out to 6.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Phillip J. Kunz Caterpillar 17
2 Paul Russell Friend Caterpillar 16
3 Douglas C. Serrurier Caterpillar 15
#4 Timothy A. Thorson Caterpillar 14
#5 Justin Koch Precision Planting 5
#6 Michael G. Kovach Cnh Industrial America 4
#7 Scott F. Shafer Caterpillar 3
#7 Kevin L. Dea Caterpillar 3
#9 Allen Jay Weeks Caterpillar 2
#9 Jeremy Hodel Precision Planting 2
#9 Christian D. Ritchie Caterpillar 2
#9 Justin Curtis Embrey Caterpillar 2
#13 Micheal David Valerio Caterpillar 1
#13 John Knobloch 1
#13 Paul Force Caterpillar 1
#13 Jason E. Carter Caterpillar 1
#13 Andrew Schick Caterpillar 1
#13 Jeffrey J. Schmidgall Caterpillar 1
#13 CHRISTOPHER CAMP Whirlpool 1
#13 Brian J. Oleson Caterpillar 1
#13 Aaron Funk 1
#13 Brian Maurer Sio2 Medical Products 1
#13 Timothy S. Finn Caterpillar 1
#13 Michael J. Ranta Eaton 1
#13 Timothy A. Lorentz Caterpillar 1
#13 Kent Levy Precision Planting 1
#13 Justin Douglas Speichinger Caterpillar 1
#13 James McGrew Caterpillar 1
#13 Walter E. Earleson Caterpillar 1
#13 Tom Ingolia 1
#13 Eric R. Strube Caterpillar 1
#13 Timothy Johann Lindner Caterpillar 1
#13 Jason R. Beckerdite Caterpillar 1
#13 Andrew J. Kieser Caterpillar 1

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