Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Morton, IL ranks #2,238 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 58 patents from 31 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Morton, IL include Caterpillar, Cnh Industrial America, Precision Planting. That works out to 3.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–31 of 31 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas C. Serrurier Caterpillar 9
2 Michael G. Kovach Cnh Industrial America 8
3 Jeremy Hodel Precision Planting 3
3 Christopher Barrick Cnh Industrial America 3
3 Scott A. Schick The Shivvers Group 3
#6 Kent Levy Precision Planting 2
#6 Justin Koch Precision Planting 2
#6 Kevin L. Dea Caterpillar 2
#6 Doug Serrurier Caterpillar 2
#6 Gaylen James Kromminga Cnh Industrial America 2
#6 Anna Marie Madison State Farm 2
#12 Christian D. Ritchie Caterpillar 1
#12 Joshua Whitley 1
#12 Michael J. Ranta Eaton 1
#12 SYDNEY P. FRIETSCH 1
#12 Christopher Meeks Dropbox 1
#12 Timothy S. Finn Caterpillar 1
#12 Matthew David Roley Caterpillar 1
#12 Michael Jackson AT&T 1
#12 David A. Schisler USDA 1
#12 Todd Swanson Precision Planting 1
#12 Christopher Michael Ruemelin Caterpillar 1
#12 Nicholas Michael Kaiser 1
#12 Reid Aberle 360 Yield Center 1
#12 Joseph Wayne Knepp 1
#12 Ryan Kominkiewicz Caterpillar 1
#12 Klint Peterson Cnh Industrial America 1
#12 Joseph Buckner 1
#12 Jonathan T. Welte 360 Yield Center 1
#12 Nathan Imig 1
#12 Zengshe Liu USDA 1

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