Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bettendorf, IA ranks #1,156 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 124 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bettendorf, IA include John Deere, Capital One Services, Mbrico. That works out to 3.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul J. McCredie John Deere 11
2 Mark J. Cherney John Deere 8
3 Elijah B. Garner John Deere 7
#4 Alex Brimeyer John Deere 5
#4 Marshall T. Graves John Deere 5
#6 Ricky B. Theilen John Deere 4
#6 Justin Smith Capital One Services 4
#6 Adam J. Donohoe John Deere 4
#9 Sankaran Subramaniam John Deere 3
#9 Mark A. McManus Mbrico 3
#9 Nathan F. Tortorella John Deere 3
#9 Nathan E. Krehbiel John Deere 3
#9 Jason McManus Mbrico 3
#9 Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla John Deere 3
#9 Jeffrey Hartman Unknown 3
#16 Tyler G. Groves John Deere 2
#16 Paresh Bharatiya John Deere 2
#16 Garrick W. Herbst John Deere 2
#16 Bryan B. Finley Cnh America 2
#16 Mario L. Donini John Deere 2
#16 Mohamad S. El-Zein John Deere 2
#16 Timothy N. Sexton Us Synthetic 2
#16 Matt D. Bartelson John Deere 2
#16 Jason D. Walter John Deere 2
#16 Scott N. Clark John Deere 2
#26 Ryan Patrick Martin Liberty Hardware Mfg. 1
#26 Brian D. Williams Microsoft 1
#26 Ryan M. Gneiting John Deere 1
#26 Michael M. Whitney John Deere 1
#26 Mark Alan Hockert Grace Technologies 1
#26 Lawrence D. Green John Deere 1
#26 Wade A. Winchip Alcoa 1
#26 Ali Tayh 1
#26 Aaron J. Bruns John Deere 1
#26 Corwin M. Puryk John Deere 1
#26 David J. Kaney John Deere 1
#26 Jacob G. Schoeny John Deere 1
#26 David W. Peters John Deere 1
#26 Sahil C. Desai John Deere 1
#26 Thomas D. Morrison John Deere 1
#26 Matthew Lommen John Deere 1
#26 Harold Mark Stock Cnh Industrial America 1
#26 Chintan Shah Inpro/Seal 1
#26 Jerome Curtis Nathan Mandus Group 1
#26 Richard L Stotlar John Deere 1
#26 Ramanathan Sugumaran John Deere 1
#26 William D. Todd John Deere 1
#26 Daniel Leonard Matthies R.A Jones & 1
#26 Andrew J. Scholl John Deere 1
#26 Don C. Abel Burrell Mining Products 1

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