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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, IL ranks #2,184 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 58 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, IL include Monsanto Technology, IBM, Bunn-O-Matic. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey Hall Monsanto Technology 9
2 Terence P. Purcell IBM 6
3 Jason M. Banning Bunn-O-Matic 3
#4 Christopher Hardy Design Ideas 2
#4 John J. Lord Access Business Group International 2
#4 Mark W. Bandixen Bunn-O-Matic 2
#4 Rick A. Briggs Whitewater West Industries 2
#4 Jamie D. Ratterman Bunn-O-Matic 2
#4 Lee D. Welch 2
#4 R. Neal Post Design Ideas 2
#4 Sheryl Dyer Bunn-O-Matic 2
#4 Albert Boyd Cable Eaton 2
#4 Donald E. Wiley Bunn-O-Matic 2
#4 John T. Knepler Bunn-O-Matic 2
#15 Barnabas Helmy 1
#15 Erik Jason Bauman 1
#15 Burton L. Hart Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Duane Lee Marzinzik State Farm 1
#15 Jason Daniel Petit Allscripts Software 1
#15 Rasha Said 1
#15 LeGrand K. Malany 1
#15 Robert Kobylarz Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Eric Alan Samuelson Eaton 1
#15 Dean Muller Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Samuel A. Giordano Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Crescent Burke Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Per Freitag Alphatec Spine 1
#15 Suresh Radhakrishnan Bunn-O-Matic 1
#15 Paul Mitalski 1
#15 Albert R. Klunick 1
#15 Jeffery McCullough Caterpillar 1
#15 Jane Ann Harris Bunn-O-Matic 1

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