Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Des Moines, IA ranks #1,284 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 109 patents from 66 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Des Moines, IA include Delavan, Pioneer (Corteva), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 66 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory A. Zink Delavan 7
2 Thomas J. Ocken Delavan 6
3 Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski Pioneer (Corteva) 5
3 Todd Krone Pioneer (Corteva) 5
3 Elliot Lee Heffner Pioneer (Corteva) 5
#6 Basil F. Nimry Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#6 Robert McCracken Wilian Holding 3
#6 David L. McClung Townsend Engineering 3
#6 Lukas Shea Delavan 3
#6 James K. Presnail E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 3
#6 Thomas Chad Wolfe Pioneer (Corteva) 3
#12 Joshua J. Burhite Putco 2
#12 Gilbert Melbye Lea 2
#12 Frank Metzger Bizerba Se & Co. Kg 2
#12 Amirhossein Salimi Tpi Composites 2
#12 Noah L. Hughes Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#12 Justin E. Hummel John Deere 2
#12 Christopher J. Scelonge Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#12 Chau Van Ho Microsoft 2
#20 Jacob J. Schultes John Deere 1
#20 Brian Dowd Tata Communications (America) 1
#20 Robyn Lynn Laskowski Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Sean Grambart Ortho Solutions Holdings Limited 1
#20 Adda Sayers Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Thomas Sherrard Its Co. 1
#20 Jeffrey Berger Briggs & Stratton 1
#20 Kurt Orent Poorman Kreg Enterprises 1
#20 Robert D. Lawson Van Koevering 1
#20 Robert Meeley Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Wayne Jacobson Cyclonaire 1
#20 Sandra E. Meyer Dow Agrosciences 1
#20 Jimmy G. Dupree, Jr. Smart Industries 1
#20 Michael S. Hatten 1
#20 Carlos Messina Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Samuel Alexander Invictus Medical 1
#20 Gary Linn Snethen Square Enix Co. 1
#20 David Bialzak Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#20 Ben L. Hussey Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#20 VIRGINIA CRANE Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Benjamin J. Weninger 1
#20 Ronald Marshall 1
#20 Craig Tracy 1
#20 Carl R. Simmons Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Timothy P. Meyer Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#20 Tanya L. Daniels 1
#20 Everly Dean Putnam Medusa Special Projects 1
#20 Abraham Lamark 1
#20 Tyler Steinkamp 1
#20 Jonathan Fialkov 1
#20 Elizabeth Caven 1

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