Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cedar Rapids, IA ranks #662 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 213 patents from 126 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cedar Rapids, IA include Rockwell Collins, Skyworks Solutions, Monsanto Technology. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 126 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James B. West Rockwell Collins 9
2 Philip John Lehtola Skyworks Solutions 7
3 Gary R. Stangland Monsanto Technology 6
#4 Neal Jakel Fluid Quip Technologies 5
#4 Morgan Uridil Medline Industries, Lp 5
#4 Jeffrey D. Kernwein 5
#7 Sarah Barber Rockwell Collins 4
#7 Matthew D. Miller ExxonMobil 4
#7 Wayne H. Meyer Rockwell Collins 4
#7 Philip H. Thompson Skyworks Solutions 4
#7 Geoffrey A. Shapiro Rockwell Collins 4
#12 Bradley R. Thompson Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Steven L. Kamada Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Steven R. Kunert ExxonMobil 3
#12 James Henry Ross Skyworks Solutions 3
#12 Michael A. Ropers Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Sarah A. Miller Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Robert D. Pond Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Robert H. Sternowski Softtronics 3
#12 Felix B. Turcios Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Thomas B. Campbell Rockwell Collins 3
#12 Lee M. Paulsen Rockwell Collins 3
#23 Huan T. Phan Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Justin W. Ehm Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Venkata A. Sishtla Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Phillip J. Hamm Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Thomas L. Tapp Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Kristofer M. Ruhland Wabtec Holding 2
#23 Richard M. Rademaker Rockwell Collins 2
#23 James M. Retz Qorvo Us 2
#23 Karen A. Shaw 2
#23 Timothy David Lewis York Potash 2
#23 Jeffery A. Finley Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Steven Kerska Mestek Machinery 2
#23 Kelly Hentges Tropicana Products 2
#23 Marvin L. Sojka Norand 2
#23 Ben Clark Digital Diagnostics 2
#23 John Thommana Rockwell Collins 2
#23 Clint L. Gosch Rockwell Collins 2
#23 James H. Moore 2
#23 Kevin R. Anderson Cargill, Incorporated 2
#42 Julie M. Byrd Rockwell Collins 1
#42 Anuranjan Hosagavi Puttaraju Skyworks Solutions 1
#42 Brian R. Wolford Rockwell Collins 1
#42 James B. Mayfield Rockwell Collins 1
#42 David M. Snyder Lightwaves Systems 1
#42 James P. Young Skyworks Solutions 1
#42 Todd M. Brown Rockwell Collins 1
#42 Brian James Langstraat 1
#42 Ryan Legge Kinze Manufacturing 1

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