Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nebraska ranks #40 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 890 patents from 552 inventors across 80 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Nebraska 2017

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Omaha, NE 353 202
#2 Lincoln, NE 204 143
#3 Kearney, NE 34 11
#4 Columbus, NE 21 16
#5 Valley, NE 15 10
#6 Norfolk, NE 14 12
#7 Gothenburg, NE 11 3
#8 Seward, NE 11 5
#9 Bennington, NE 10 5
#10 Pierce, NE 10 5
#11 Bellevue, NE 9 6
#12 Bradshaw, NE 8 1
#13 Sidney, NE 8 7
#14 Plattsmouth, NE 8 7
#15 Beatrice, NE 8 6
#16 York, NE 8 4
#17 Hastings, NE 8 1
#18 Ogallala, NE 7 5
#19 Blair, NE 6 5
#20 Ashland, NE 6 5
#21 Gretna, NE 6 3
#22 Papillion, NE 6 5
#23 Lindsay, NE 6 1
#24 Culbertson, NE 5 1
#25 Crete, NE 5 2

Top Inventors in Nebraska 2017

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 James K. Boutcher Omaha West 22
2 Jeffrey William Cordell Omaha West 19
3 James M. Higgins Lincoln Sandisk Technologies 11
#4 Kevin William Watts Kearney X Development 10
#5 Laron L. Peters Gothenburg Monsanto Technology 9
#5 Michael T. Mateer Omaha West 9
#7 Daniel R. Wiederin Omaha Elemental Scientific 8
#7 Brandon Michael Wardyn Bradshaw Pioneer (Corteva) 8
#7 Duane A. Potrzeba Hastings Monsanto Technology 8
#7 Craig A. Webster Omaha West 8
#7 Bruce Pollock Omaha West 8
#12 Timothy L. Krull Kearney Baldwin Filters 7
#13 Thomas J. Korus Lindsay Lindsay 6
#13 Louis R. Reeder Seward Monsanto Technology 6
#15 Shane Farritor Lincoln University Of Nebraska 5
#15 Chad A. Collison Pierce Mp Global Products, L.L.C. 5
#15 Colton D. Hosick Culbertson Golight 5
#15 Alan Tipp Valley 180S 5
#15 David Scheet Omaha West 5
#15 Patrick M. McDonald Omaha Bracco Diagnostics 5
#21 Chad Daniel Fox Omaha West 4
#21 Peter A. Dowben Crete University Of Nebraska 4
#21 Leroy L. Peterson Omaha Sportsstuff 4
#21 Fadi M. Alsaleem Omaha Emerson Climate Technologies 4
#21 Shawn Sterling Kearney Nissan North America 4

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