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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomington, IL ranks #953 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 143 patents from 65 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomington, IL include State Farm, Monsanto Technology, Caterpillar. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 65 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Hayward State Farm 20
2 Nathan L. Tofte State Farm 8
3 Scott Farris State Farm 7
3 Thomas L. Floyd Monsanto Technology 7
#5 Mark E. Clauss State Farm 5
#6 Jackie O. Jordan, II State Farm 4
#6 Brian N. Harvey State Farm 4
#6 Steven C. Cielocha State Farm 4
#6 Shawn M. Call State Farm 4
#10 Todd Binion State Farm 3
#10 David James Dosher State Farm 3
#10 Rosemarie Geier Grant State Farm 3
#10 Nathan W. Baumann State Farm 3
#10 Craig Cope State Farm 3
#15 Jonathan D. Maurer State Farm 2
#15 John A. Nepomuceno State Farm 2
#15 Lee C. Drinan State Farm 2
#15 Michael Bernico State Farm 2
#15 Justin Davis State Farm 2
#15 John J. Votoupal Caterpillar 2
#15 Paul Middleman State Farm 2
#15 Abigail A. Scott State Farm 2
#15 Nicholas U. Christopulos State Farm 2
#15 Patrick H. Boyer State Farm 2
#15 Tim G. Sanidas State Farm 2
#15 Christina P. Mullen State Farm 2
#15 Megan Michal Baumann State Farm 2
#15 Jennifer Luella Lawyer State Farm 2
#29 Frankie Lockenour State Farm 1
#29 Natalie Nelson State Farm 1
#29 Jason O'Donnell State Farm 1
#29 Kelsey Catherine Yoshie Stiles State Farm 1
#29 Kristopher Keith Gaudin State Farm 1
#29 Giles Roll State Farm 1
#29 Scott C. Morris State Farm 1
#29 Eric Haefli State Farm 1
#29 Michael Jeffrey Aviles State Farm 1
#29 Bill Hart National Union Electric 1
#29 Kyle Pott State Farm 1
#29 Kathryn E. Knarr State Farm 1
#29 Douglas L. Dewey State Farm 1
#29 Martin Koebel The Taylor Group 1
#29 Brian Alexander State Farm 1
#29 George T. Dulee State Farm 1
#29 Matthew E. Vose State Farm 1
#29 Allison Lynne Diaz State Farm 1
#29 Ryan Chambers State Farm 1
#29 David Kuriyan Schuster State Farm 1
#29 Nainesh Parmar Caterpillar 1
#29 Kristina Renee Gish State Farm 1

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