Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sherman, IL ranks #11,895 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 6 patents from 3 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sherman, IL include State Farm, Archer-Daniels-Midland, Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–3 of 3 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David W. Thurber State Farm 3
2 Stephen Howard Archer-Daniels-Midland 2
3 Brian Hearring Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1

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