Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ames, IA ranks #603 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 220 patents from 146 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ames, IA include Monsanto Technology, BOE, Iowa State University. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 146 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jennifer R. Hicks Monsanto Technology 8
2 Thomas P. Jury Monsanto Technology 6
3 Michael B. Roof BOE 5
#4 Nacu Hernandez Iowa State University 4
#4 Eric Martin Vaughn BOE 4
#4 Eric W. Cochran Iowa State University 4
#7 Craig E. Rupp Climate 3
#7 Andrew Cascione Iowa State University 3
#7 Ross Arthur Schade Fisher Controls International 3
#7 Jeffry D. Sander The General Hospital 3
#7 Grant T. MacDonald Cnh Industrial America 3
#7 Wai Y. Leung Molex 3
#7 Yan Duan Futurewei Technologies 3
#7 Arun V. Iyer BOE 3
#7 Ronald Christopher Williams Iowa State University 3
#7 Madan K. Bhattacharyya Iowa State University 3
#7 Joshua R. Bertram Rockwell Collins 3
#7 Jason Chen Iowa State University 3
#19 Zhiyou Wen Gross-Wen Technologies 2
#19 Richard Wallingford Kla-Tencor 2
#19 Maohong Fan University Of Wyoming 2
#19 Elvira Joana Ferreira Peralta Iowa State University 2
#19 Joseph Gilbert VICTORIA BOE 2
#19 Sumit Chaudhary Iowa State University 2
#19 Jun Cui Battelle Memorial Institute 2
#19 Baozhen Chen Analog Devices 2
#19 Dianna M. Murphy JORDAN BOE 2
#19 Daniel Linton Schaeffler 2
#19 Scott A. Irwin AMD 2
#19 Robert Long Composite Technologies 2
#19 Jared A. Downey Renewable Energy Group 2
#19 David J. Peterson Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#19 Julian Adin Mann, III Fisher Controls International 2
#19 David A. Slade Reg Synthetic Fuels 2
#19 Yongsheng Chen Neurocrine Biosciences 2
#19 Michael Dennis Zenner Iowa State University 2
#19 Yasufumi Yamamoto Canon 2
#19 Cory J. Kleinheksel IBM 2
#19 Xiaolei Shi GE 2
#19 Elliot James Hoff Kreg Enterprises 2
#19 Christine Margaret MUEHLENTHALER BOE 2
#19 David C. Jiles Iowa State University 2
#19 Brent Packer Basf Se 2
#44 Delbert Linn Harris Iowa State University 1
#44 Charles W. Boecker AMD 1
#44 Bailey Arruda Iowa State University 1
#44 Robert A. Bannister Cummins Filtration Ip 1
#44 Balaji Narasimhan Iowa State University 1
#44 Thomas J. Baum Iowa State University 1
#44 Venkatesh Seshappa Composite Technologies 1

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