Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Omaha, NE ranks #370 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 326 patents from 187 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Omaha, NE include Monsanto Technology, West, Elemental Scientific. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 187 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark J. Brinkman Monsanto Technology 15
2 James K. Boutcher West 13
2 Jeffrey William Cordell West 13
#4 Craig A. Webster West 8
#5 Daniel R. Wiederin Elemental Scientific 7
#6 Leroy L. Peterson Sportsstuff 6
#6 Ryan T. Grace Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 6
#8 Michael T. Mateer West 5
#8 Bruce Pollock West 5
#10 Mark J. Pettay West 4
#10 Kevin O'Connell Intervet 4
#10 David Scheet West 4
#13 Sameer K. Bhatia Oracle 3
#13 David Archbold West 3
#13 Michael J. Moore Corning Incorporated 3
#13 Robert Maurer Consortium Für Elektrochemische Industrie Gmbh 3
#13 Aaron Scott Fisher West 3
#13 Zhisong Qiao Intervet 3
#13 Rodney Laible Pfizer 3
#13 Palvannanathan Ganesan 3
#13 Mahendra Varman West 3
#13 Adam Caldwell West 3
#23 David E. Doggett Synergy Computer Graphics 2
#23 Kellan Stec West 2
#23 Sambasiva Rao Chigurupati S&P Ingredient Development 2
#23 Rogene Smith 2
#23 Bradley J. Crosby Airlite Plastics 2
#23 Suzi Dyer 2
#23 Moorthy P. Ponnusamy University Of Nebraska 2
#23 Surinder K. Batra University Of Nebraska 2
#23 Jason Stewart Jackson 2
#23 Mark Steven Jarzynka West 2
#23 Jonathan P. McIntosh West 2
#23 Tiffany A. Moore Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#23 Geetha Gopalakrishnan West 2
#23 Howard E. Gendelman University Of Nebraska 2
#23 Hendryanto Rilantono West 2
#23 Patrick M. McDonald Bracco Diagnostics 2
#23 Chad Daniel Fox West 2
#23 Mark C. Ramsey 2
#23 Philip D. Kaufman IBM 2
#23 Jil M. Fisher West 2
#23 Clarke Stevens Cable Television Laboratories 2
#23 Jereomy K. Frum Alorica Business Solutions 2
#23 Mahmood S. Akhwand West 2
#23 Chad David Hendren West 2
#23 Austin Schultz Elemental Scientific 2
#23 Rongshi Li H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute 2
#23 Anthony J. Magistro 2
#23 Ryan Morrison Google 2

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