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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, IL ranks #2,639 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 48 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, IL include IBM, Monsanto Technology, General Motors. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terence P. Purcell IBM 9
2 Jeffrey Hall Monsanto Technology 3
2 Mark Lawrence Gazda General Motors 3
#4 Christopher Hardy Design Ideas 2
#4 Krishna Rocha-Singh Cardiosonic 2
#4 Seth Cody Ensign The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#4 R. Neal Post Design Ideas 2
#4 Geza Kogler Georgia Tech Research 2
#4 Sharath Kesani Caterpillar 2
#4 Vaidya Balasubramanian Pillai State Farm 2
#11 Suresh Radhakrishnan Bunn-O-Matic 1
#11 Justin Valenti 1
#11 William E. Midden Bunn-O-Matic 1
#11 Jim Hewitt Allscripts Software 1
#11 Sean Paul Valenti 1
#11 Lesli Wilson Allscripts Software 1
#11 Bernard Boon Chye Lim 1
#11 Jason Daniel Petit Allscripts Software 1
#11 Kimberly South Allscripts Software 1
#11 Christian A. Moses Covidien Lp 1
#11 Thomas Griffin 1
#11 William J. Gunn 1
#11 Daron Scott Worth 1
#11 Eli Goodman 1
#11 Rex Allen Rogers Bunn-O-Matic 1
#11 Duane Lee Marzinik State Farm 1
#11 Robert W. Fox Hubbell Incorporated 1
#11 Rick A. Briggs Whitewater West Industries 1
#11 Kevin McVary Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1

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