Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Beatrice, NE ranks #8,293 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 263 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Beatrice, NE include Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Biss Product Development, Hoover Limited. That works out to 21.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Garry W. Busboom Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 27
2 James Michael Burry Biss Product Development 19
3 Larry D. Thomas Hoover Limited 18
#4 Robert M. Cothren, Jr. MIT 17
#5 Dwight E. Nichols Hoover Limited 14
#6 Robert C. Richardson The Lubrizol 12
#7 David L. Waltke Hoover Limited 11
#8 Nickolas T. Moore Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 10
#9 John H. Walker Phillips Petroleum 9
#9 Steven Zlomke American Tool Companies 9
#9 Jeremy J. Tate Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 9
#12 Jeffrey J. Moore Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 8
#12 Kenneth J. Myers Unknown 8
#12 Justin L. Pryor Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 8
#15 Michael Dean Hartley Hoover Materials Handling Group 7
#16 Michael Hahn 6
#17 Gary W. Cook Caterpillar 5
#18 James H. Goedken Hoover Universal 4
#18 Myron L. Munn 4
#18 Gary Gibson Hoover Limited 4
#18 Richard J. Ehmke Dempster Industries 4
#18 Roy Smith Ericsson 4
#18 Andrew W. Snyder Hoover Limited 4
#24 Craig A. Willoughby Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 3
#24 John E. Blumer Dempster Industries 3
#24 Arthur F. Linsenmeyer Dempster Industries 3
#24 Joseph Brewer Nutech Ventures 3
#24 Joe A. Loxterkamp Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 3
#29 Donald B. Fitzwater 2
#29 Duane R. Greenquist Hoover Limited 2
#31 Russell Kisling 1
#31 William B. Coker 1
#31 Louis Goossen 1
#31 Virgil D. Brackhahn 1
#31 Robert W. Luebbe 1
#31 Jason Kosmos 1
#31 Gary L. Rogge Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#31 William B. Bergfeld, III Irwin Industrial Tool 1
#31 John C. Crumrinc Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#31 Greg Holle 1
#31 Gene F. Cripe 1
#31 Valerie Jinright Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#31 Thomas N. Shirk Dempster Industries 1
#31 Tamera Holle 1
#31 Lonnie Priefert Priefert Mfg. Co 1
#31 Kelly Jurgens 1
#31 Robert Allen Ostdiek Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated 1
#31 Scott Charles Higgins Hoover Limited 1
#31 Joshua Beaudoin 1
#31 Larry D. Hartley Hoover Limited 1

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