Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lincoln, NE ranks #908 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 153 patents from 117 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lincoln, NE include Pioneer (Corteva), University Of Nebraska, Sandstone Media. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 117 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Neway Challa Mengistu Pioneer (Corteva) 7
2 Shane Farritor University Of Nebraska 6
3 James Samson Sandstone Media 5
#4 Eric Markvicka University Of Nebraska 4
#5 Carl Nelson Nutech Ventures 3
#6 Ryan Edward Frazier Inari Agriculture Technology 2
#6 Patricia Jane Sollars University Of Nebraska 2
#6 Thomas Manuel Ortiz Halliburton Energy Services 2
#6 Doak Ostergard The Saunders Group 2
#6 Liyan Qu Nutech Ventures 2
#6 Joseph Bartels Carnegie Mellon University 2
#6 Ned J. Hardman Monolith Materials 2
#6 Darrell A. Oltman Snyder Industries 2
#6 Michael D. Furtaw Li-Cor 2
#6 Wayne B. Morgan Range Tactics 2
#6 Ping He J.A. Woollam Co. 2
#6 Brandon Peterson 2
#6 Xiaopeng Zheng Nutech Ventures 2
#6 Brian C. Yeggy Hexagon Technology As 2
#6 Chad Alvin Cederberg Agility Fuel Systems 2
#6 Michael Gregory Volkmer Agility Fuel Systems 2
#22 Griffin A. P. Hovorka J.A. Woollam Co. 1
#22 Guru Charan Reddy Madireddy Nutech Ventures 1
#22 Christopher Joseph Pulford Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (Us) 1
#22 Fa-Chuan CHEN Toyota 1
#22 Ryan Crocker Hexagon Technology As 1
#22 Eric T. Psota Nutech Ventures 1
#22 Jake Kaufman University Of Nebraska 1
#22 Benny Mote Nutech Ventures 1
#22 Nathan Wood Virtual Incision 1
#22 Raghuveer Singh Nutech Ventures 1
#22 Helan Xu Jiangnan University 1
#22 Jonathan Bacon 1
#22 Harry Lipert 1
#22 Stanton L. Mapson Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#22 Jens G. Jacobson 1
#22 Kenneth L. McConnell Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#22 Joshua Alan Johnson E.F. Johnson 1
#22 Jeremy A. Van Derslice J.A. Woollam Co. 1
#22 Mohsen Zahiri University Of Nebraska 1
#22 Kousik Kundu Championx Usa 1
#22 George Burba Li-Cor 1
#22 Joseph Barycki Nutech Ventures 1
#22 Dayle K. McDermitt Li-Cor 1
#22 Liukang Xu Li-Cor 1
#22 Harish P. Singh 1
#22 Jim Andersen Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#22 Troy R. Power Capstone Technologies 1
#22 John David Makinson Agility Fuel Systems 1
#22 Seth A. Wortman Agility Fuel Systems 1

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