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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waterloo, IL ranks #17,711 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 3 patents from 2 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waterloo, IL include Purina Mills, Mastercard. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–2 of 2 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kent J. Lanter Purina Mills 2
2 John E. Roth Mastercard 1

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