Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Edwardsville, IL ranks #2,504 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 51 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Edwardsville, IL include Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Kranos Ip, Hunter Engineering. That works out to 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert J. Reese Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 7
2 Cortney Warmouth Kranos Ip 3
2 Joel Clasquin Hunter Engineering 3
2 Yongfeng Zhao Yungu (Gu'An) Technology Co. 3
#5 Jeffrey A. Thompson Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#5 Joshua Matthew Herschbach Carr Lane Manufacturing 2
#5 William E. McCarthy Cooper Technologies 2
#5 Charles Polster Hunter Engineering 2
#9 Dennis Wayne Bland Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#9 Dean A. Frey Corbus Pharmaceuticals 1
#9 Shawnta′ Ray 1
#9 Lothar Erkens 1
#9 Shachar Hendel Liveperson 1
#9 Francis L. Cassady 1
#9 Karolyn Terpstra Syngenta Participations Ag 1
#9 Tony Bauer Amsted Rail Company 1
#9 Heather D. Sundar Express Scripts Strategic Development 1
#9 Brent Michael Wilson Microsoft 1
#9 Kenneth A. Witt Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#9 Chad Maloney Global Healthcare Exchange 1
#9 Jason T. Graklanoff Express Scripts Strategic Development 1
#9 David Hopp Sick Stegmann Gmbh 1
#9 Ryan Korte Level 3 Communications 1
#9 Michael C. Dorsey Cosco Management 1
#9 Aaron M. Allen O'Brien Holding Co. 1
#9 Mathew Lee Rueger The Boeing 1
#9 Thomas Schardt Nidec Motor 1
#9 Karin Sandoval Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#9 Travis Cole Shelton Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#9 Terry Anderson Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 1
#9 Pranesh Rao Nidec Motor 1
#9 John Coseglia Amsted Rail Company 1
#9 Nicholas Adam Santoro Hubbell Incorporated 1
#9 Steven T. Voss Monsanto Technology 1
#9 Bart R. Alexander 1

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