Normal, IL ranks #2,070 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 58 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Normal, IL include State Farm, Telecommunication Systems, Whirlpool. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Mark Fields | State Farm | 16 |
| 2 | Steve Roberson | State Farm | 8 |
| 3 | James M. Freeman | — | 7 |
| #4 | Roger D. Schmidgall | State Farm | 6 |
| #5 | Sunish Menon | State Farm | 5 |
| #5 | William J. Leise | State Farm | 5 |
| #7 | Larry D. Mason | Telecommunication Systems | 1 |
| #7 | Gregory Debo | State Farm | 1 |
| #7 | Philip C. Raistrick | — | 1 |
| #7 | Janglih John Lin | Whirlpool | 1 |
| #7 | Ryan Hoffman | State Farm | 1 |
| #7 | Lisa Ann Frey | State Farm | 1 |
| #7 | Jeffrey Mousty | State Farm | 1 |
| #7 | David Casper | Biobased Technologies | 1 |
| #7 | John Van Antwerp | Basf Corporation, Inmont Division | 1 |
| #7 | Anthony Melchiorri | Cook Medical Technologies | 1 |
| #7 | Jeff Perschall | State Farm | 1 |
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