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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waukee, IA ranks #2,941 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 42 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waukee, IA include Pioneer (Corteva), Corteva Agriscience, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrea Beth Kalvig Pioneer (Corteva) 25
2 Shreedharan Sriram Corteva Agriscience 4
3 Ankush Bhatia Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#4 Dennis W. Wilson 3M 1
#4 Thomas G. Mueller John Deere 1
#4 Terence D. Pickett John Deere 1
#4 Anna Phelps 1
#4 Kevin Timm Nationwide Mutual Insurance 1
#4 Michael James Dosedel Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#4 Neil Nathan Johnson 1
#4 Frederick W. Nelson John Deere 1
#4 Sheri Hasan 1
#4 Douglas T. Burkhardt Epitopix 1
#4 Teresa Garcia Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1

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