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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Decatur, IL ranks #3,309 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 36 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, IL include Verisign, Archer-Daniels-Midland, Tri-Tronics. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Marc Anderson Verisign 5
2 Shireen Baseeth Archer-Daniels-Midland 3
3 Brennan Smith Archer-Daniels-Midland 2
3 Sean M. Hayes Tri-Tronics 2
3 Theodore Chad Harbour Mueller International 2
3 Timothy J. Bromenshenkel Caterpillar 2
#7 Peter Paulin 1
#7 John Damarin 1
#7 Joseph Lee Rottman Caterpillar 1
#7 Timothy P. Hipp Mueller International 1
#7 Charles Eric Nail Caterpillar 1
#7 Jacob P. Fawer Caterpillar 1
#7 Richard James LaReau Caterpillar 1
#7 Timothy D. Harman Caterpillar 1
#7 Erik Hagberg Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#7 Mitchell Schultz Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#7 Michael R. Kunde Caterpillar 1
#7 James David Costner, III Caterpillar 1
#7 William Chris Hoffman Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#7 Lankesh Mathur Shanmukappa Caterpillar 1
#7 Kenneth Stensrud Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#7 Stephen L. Crawford Mueller International 1
#7 Peter Tausch Libbey-Owens-Ford 1
#7 Kyle Beery Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#7 Dwanz Mwalimu Mwasi Caterpillar 1
#7 Christopher C. Cusack Caterpillar 1

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