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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cedar Falls, IA ranks #1,594 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 85 patents from 59 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cedar Falls, IA include John Deere, Viking Pump, Unknown. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 59 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shyan-Cherng Huang John Deere 4
1 Danan Dou John Deere 4
1 Thomas C. Boe John Deere 4
1 Charles N. Warren John Deere 4
1 Jeremy P. L'Heureux John Deere 4
#6 Thomas G. Ore John Deere 3
#7 Michael R. Crawford Viking Pump 2
#7 Benjamin J. Heimbuch John Deere 2
#7 Kaleb Zimmerman John Deere 2
#7 David L. Takes Unknown 2
#7 Ryan G. Brown John Deere 2
#7 Joshua J. Kappelman John Deere 2
#7 Chad N. Hogan John Deere 2
#7 Andrew K. Rekow John Deere 2
#7 Gerald W. Green John Deere 2
#16 Robert J. Reding John Deere 1
#16 Clayton P. Neumann John Deere 1
#16 Marcus L. Kuhl John Deere 1
#16 William K. Rule John Deere 1
#16 Andy B. Appleton John Deere 1
#16 Peter J. Murfey John Deere 1
#16 Timothy L. Ketterhagen John Deere 1
#16 Christopher Mihm Viking Pump 1
#16 William J. Vande Haar John Deere 1
#16 Donald E. Young John Deere 1
#16 Narasimhan Rangan John Deere 1
#16 Eric Askeland 1
#16 Alok N. Pandey John Deere 1
#16 Werner Stettler John Deere 1
#16 Bunpreet Singh John Deere 1
#16 Terry L. Schoppe Standard Golf 1
#16 Mark Freudenberg John Deere 1
#16 Andrew Anderson Viking Pump 1
#16 Kade Hoppenworth 1
#16 Brandon Medlin 1
#16 Sairam Ravi University Of Northern Iowa Research Foundation 1
#16 Amy Hou John Deere 1
#16 Kristine M. Johanning John Deere 1
#16 Tony J. Huegerich John Deere 1
#16 Michael Wagner Mannesmann Ag 1
#16 Ayyappan Ponnaiyan John Deere 1
#16 Thomas H. Vu John Deere 1
#16 Frederick K. Remley John Deere 1
#16 Steven A. Duppong John Deere 1
#16 Ronald D. Bremner John Deere 1
#16 Taner Tuken John Deere 1
#16 Mitchell Patterson Ha-International 1
#16 Janet R. Willett John Deere 1
#16 Michael J. Schuller John Deere 1
#16 Craig W. Lohmann John Deere 1

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