Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lincoln, NE ranks #677 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 209 patents from 149 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lincoln, NE include University Of Nebraska, Pioneer (Corteva), Snyder Industries. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 149 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shane Farritor University Of Nebraska 8
2 Neway Challa Mengistu Pioneer (Corteva) 5
3 Herbert H. Spann Snyder Industries 4
3 Colin James Suiter Snyder Industries 4
3 Darrell A. Oltman Snyder Industries 4
#6 Thomas Manuel Ortiz Halliburton Energy Services 3
#6 Frank Feuerborn Contitech Antriebssysteme Gmbh 3
#6 Chad Alvin Cederberg Agility Fuel Systems 3
#6 Brian C. Yeggy Hexagon Technology As 3
#10 Aaron MATHANKERI Intervet 2
#10 Adam Sonty Intervet 2
#10 Rose Skopp Li-Cor 2
#10 Colton Franco Intervet 2
#10 Matt Leacock Intervet 2
#10 Jeffrey E. Galvin Zoetis Services 2
#10 Sally Mackenzie Nutech Ventures 2
#10 Nathan Wood Virtual Incision 2
#10 Craig M. Herzinger J.A. Woollam Co. 2
#10 Kousik Kundu Championx Usa 2
#10 Brian Schupbach Intervet 2
#10 Perry Howell Intervet 2
#10 Leandro Mozzoni Monsanto Technology 2
#10 Ibrahim Emre Gunduz Purdue Research Foundation 2
#10 Lyle R. Middendorf Li-Cor 2
#10 James R. Kulawik, II Zoetis Services 2
#10 Jacob Armstrong Intervet 2
#10 Asit K. Pattnaik Nutech Ventures 2
#10 Vassil Elitzin Li-Cor 2
#10 Spencer Kelle Intervet 2
#10 Alex Heine Intervet 2
#10 Nisha Padhye Li-Cor 2
#10 Hiep Lai Xuan Vu Nutech Ventures 2
#10 Vishal Singh Intervet 2
#10 Robert J. Hanson Micron 2
#10 Corey L. Bungay J.A. Woollam Co. 2
#10 Steven M. Barlow University Of Kansas 2
#10 Jeffrey Alan Kula Phibro Animal Health 2
#10 Andrew Uden Intervet 2
#10 Martin M. Liphardt J.A. Woollam Co. 2
#10 Erik Peter Hjermstad Experian Information Solutions 2
#10 George Cavender Oregon State University 2
#42 Joy Kovar Li-Cor 1
#42 Jessica Jeneske 1
#42 Matthew R. Claycomb IBM 1
#42 Allan Provorse 1
#42 Abraham Oommen Stem Arts Projects 1
#42 Mario Ehlers Amylin Pharmaceuticals 1
#42 Edgar Cahoon E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#42 Kyle Olson 1
#42 Alyssa Hangman Stem Arts Projects 1

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