Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Omaha, NE ranks #370 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 353 patents from 202 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Omaha, NE include West, Elemental Scientific, Bracco Diagnostics. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 202 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James K. Boutcher West 22
2 Jeffrey William Cordell West 19
3 Michael T. Mateer West 9
#4 Daniel R. Wiederin Elemental Scientific 8
#4 Bruce Pollock West 8
#4 Craig A. Webster West 8
#7 David Scheet West 5
#7 Patrick M. McDonald Bracco Diagnostics 5
#9 Chad Daniel Fox West 4
#9 Adam Caldwell West 4
#9 Fadi M. Alsaleem Emerson Climate Technologies 4
#9 Michael J. Moore Corning Incorporated 4
#9 Leroy L. Peterson Sportsstuff 4
#9 Chad David Hendren West 4
#9 Kevin O'Connell Intervet 4
#16 Austin Schultz Elemental Scientific 3
#16 Zhisong Qiao Intervet 3
#16 Clarke Stevens Cable Television Laboratories 3
#16 Jil M. Fisher West 3
#16 Bradley J. Crosby Airlite Plastics 3
#16 Timothy W. Anderson Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 3
#16 Geetha Gopalakrishnan West 3
#16 Dong Wang University Of Nebraska 3
#16 Mahendra Varman West 3
#16 Kellan Stec West 3
#26 Andrew Lawrence Groothuis West 2
#26 Kenneth J. Kempf 2
#26 Michelle L. Steinbeck West 2
#26 Brian Cooper West 2
#26 Jonathan P. McIntosh West 2
#26 Sambasiva Rao Chigurupati S&P Ingredient Development 2
#26 Paul Field Elemental Scientific 2
#26 Jason Stewart Jackson 2
#26 Mark Steven Jarzynka West 2
#26 Mark A. Latta Premier Dental Products 2
#26 Daihong Yu Nutech Ventures 2
#26 Aaron Holmberg Xconnect 2
#26 Aaron Scott Fisher West 2
#26 Rongshi Li H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute 2
#26 Ryan T. Grace Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 2
#26 Chad E. Johnson Cook Biotech Incorporated 2
#26 William A. Guess Ttx 2
#26 Jason H. Groenjes West 2
#26 Shelley L. Moore West 2
#26 Howard E. Gendelman University Of Nebraska 2
#26 Jereomy K. Frum Alorica Business Solutions 2
#26 James K. Andrews, II Cinsay 2
#26 Larry J. Smith Datalogic Adc 2
#26 Martin Winkler Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#26 Michael Joseph Parmeley West 2

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