Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, IL ranks #2,090 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 68 patents from 43 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, IL include Monsanto Technology, Whitewater West Industries, State Farm. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–43 of 43 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey Hall Monsanto Technology 7
2 Rick A. Briggs Whitewater West Industries 5
2 Duane Lee Marzinzik State Farm 5
#4 Terence P. Purcell IBM 3
#4 Christopher Hardy Design Ideas 3
#4 R. Neal Post Design Ideas 3
#7 Sharath Kesani Caterpillar 2
#7 John J. Lord Access Business Group International 2
#7 Vaidya Balasubramanian Pillai State Farm 2
#7 Charles H. Clark Bunn-O-Matic 2
#7 Suresh Radhakrishnan Bunn-O-Matic 2
#12 Chairil McClain Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Jason Ray Lieving Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Frederick P. Cable Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Karalynn M. McDermott Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Ramanath Bhandari University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 1
#12 ROBERT RODEMS 1
#12 William Krause Baker Oil Tools 1
#12 David Trojahn Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Jason Daniel Petit Allscripts Software 1
#12 Matthew C. Humphrey Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Krishna Rocha-Singh Cardiosonic 1
#12 Bernard Boon Chye Lim 1
#12 Peter Gale Precision Medical Partners 1
#12 Jim Hewitt Allscripts Software 1
#12 Ming Lung Huang Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 John Bodjack Faro Technologies 1
#12 Ronald W. Steffen Dickey-John 1
#12 Burton L. Hart Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Cari Smith 1
#12 Fred Cable Starbucks 1
#12 John D. Bishop Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Joshua Norris 1
#12 Michael Peacock Unknown 1
#12 Michael Ray Snyders 1
#12 Kimberly South Allscripts Software 1
#12 Rex Allen Rogers Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Randy D. Pope Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Kevin McVary Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#12 Christopher W. Rahn Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Kenneth John Benson Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Jonathan Russell Angell Bunn-O-Matic 1
#12 Patrick Zweigart, Jr. Closure Systems International 1

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