Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nebraska ranks #40 among US states for total patents filed in 2016, with 830 patents from 482 inventors across 77 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Nebraska 2016

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Omaha, NE 326 187
#2 Lincoln, NE 143 106
#3 Columbus, NE 32 16
#4 Gothenburg, NE 25 2
#5 Hastings, NE 25 1
#6 Valley, NE 19 13
#7 York, NE 15 3
#8 Holdrege, NE 14 4
#9 Papillion, NE 11 11
#10 Kearney, NE 11 10
#11 Bennington, NE 11 6
#12 Lindsay, NE 11 2
#13 Waverly, NE 9 8
#14 Hickman, NE 9 3
#15 Pierce, NE 8 4
#16 Ogallala, NE 8 5
#17 Gretna, NE 7 5
#18 Sidney, NE 7 7
#19 Gering, NE 7 2
#20 Norfolk, NE 6 4
#21 Indianola, NE 6 2
#22 Seward, NE 6 3
#23 Ord, NE 6 1
#24 Bellevue, NE 6 3
#25 Crete, NE 5 2

Top Inventors in Nebraska 2016

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Duane A. Potrzeba Hastings Monsanto Technology 25
2 Laron L. Peters Gothenburg Monsanto Technology 24
3 Mark J. Brinkman Omaha Monsanto Technology 15
#4 James K. Boutcher Omaha West 13
#4 Jeffrey William Cordell Omaha West 13
#6 Thomas J. Korus Lindsay Lindsay 10
#7 Craig A. Webster Omaha West 8
#7 Dennis James Dolan York Pioneer (Corteva) 8
#7 Leandro Mozzoni Lincoln Monsanto Technology 8
#10 Daniel R. Wiederin Omaha Elemental Scientific 7
#10 Stephen Richards Holdrege Becton, Dickinson And 7
#12 Leroy L. Peterson Omaha Sportsstuff 6
#12 Ted V. Grace Ord Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 6
#12 Omar F. Jimenez Gering Ex Technology 6
#12 Ryan T. Grace Omaha Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 6
#12 Clark L. Smith Columbus Vishay Dale Electronics 6
#17 Paul E. Schaffert Indianola Schaffert Manufacturing Company 5
#17 Brandon Michael Wardyn Bradshaw Pioneer (Corteva) 5
#17 Bruce Pollock Omaha West 5
#17 Michael T. Mateer Omaha West 5
#17 James M. Higgins Lincoln Sandisk Technologies 5
#22 Chad A. Collison Pierce Mp Global Products, L.L.C. 4
#22 Galen L. Pfeiffer Roca J.A. Woollam Co. 4
#22 Todd L. Wyatt Columbus Vishay Dale Electronics 4
#22 Michael Fredenburg Hickman Lindsay 4

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