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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Albion, IL ranks #6,371 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 385 patents from 70 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Albion, IL include Caterpillar, Fiskars Oyj Abp, Champion Laboratories. That works out to 195.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 70 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Evan Jacobson Caterpillar 43
2 Ashwin A. Hattiangadi Caterpillar 26
3 Jason K. Bloms Caterpillar 20
3 Robert A. Jackson Caterpillar 20
#5 Avinash R. Manubolu Caterpillar 17
#6 Kevin J. Lueschow Caterpillar 15
#7 Robert R. Brimble Fiskars Oyj Abp 12
#7 Maurice Dust Caterpillar 12
#9 Kent Stanhope Champion Laboratories 11
#10 John E. Simms Champion Laboratories 10
#11 Carlos E. Nino Baron Caterpillar 9
#11 Sudhindra K. Ayanji Caterpillar 9
#13 Suman Goli Caterpillar 8
#14 Ping Xiang Caterpillar 7
#14 Tianjun Liu Caterpillar 7
#14 Baoyang Deng Caterpillar 7
#14 Thuong Le Caterpillar 7
#14 Bhavin Vyas Caterpillar 7
#19 Robert Bertsch Caterpillar 6
#19 D. Ryan Williams Caterpillar 6
#19 Brian Boguski St9 Gas And Oil 6
#19 Anand KrishnamurthyGopalan Caterpillar 6
#23 Craig Richard Rust Caterpillar 5
#23 Stephen P. Rutherford Caterpillar 5
#23 Darwin R. Carrell Caterpillar 5
#23 Gregory L. Armstrong Caterpillar 5
#23 Eric Bernard Weisbruch Caterpillar 5
#28 Koti Ratnam Padarthy Caterpillar 4
#28 Chris J. Schaub John Deere 4
#28 Shawn J. Weck Caterpillar 4
#28 Clarence Matthew Glover Caterpillar 4
#28 Thomas G. Pusch Caterpillar 4
#28 James Ulstad Caterpillar 4
#28 Carlos Nino Baron Caterpillar 4
#28 Joseph Shane Burkitt Caterpillar 4
#36 Solimar Reyes-Rodriguez Caterpillar 3
#36 Paul D. Cashatt Caterpillar 3
#36 Julia H. Jenks Caterpillar 3
#36 Badrinarayan Parthasarathy Athreya Caterpillar 3
#40 Amy C. Chastain Caterpillar 2
#40 Thomas Gerard Muir Caterpillar 2
#40 Rakesh Yarlagadda Te Connectivity Services Gmbh 2
#40 Greg L. Armstrong Caterpillar 2
#40 Andrew J. Gates Caterpillar 2
#40 Stanley E. Greatline Unknown 2
#40 Rajdeep S. Pradhan Caterpillar 2
#40 Jeffrey A. Bettenhausen Caterpillar 2
#40 Bhavin Jagdishbhal Vyas Caterpillar 2
#40 Carlos Eduardo Nino-Baron Caterpillar 2
#40 Brian W. Mann Caterpillar 2

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