Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bettendorf, IA ranks #1,740 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,905 patents from 329 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bettendorf, IA include John Deere, Us Synthetic, Sarcos. That works out to 48.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 329 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Elijah B. Garner John Deere 122
2 Timothy N. Sexton Us Synthetic 82
3 Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla John Deere 80
#4 Mark J. Cherney John Deere 50
#5 Corwin M. Puryk John Deere 44
#6 Dohn W. Pfeiffer John Deere 33
#7 David L. Wells Sarcos 32
#8 James J. Phelan John Deere 31
#8 Justin Smith Capital One Services 31
#10 Jeffrey Hartman Unknown 30
#11 Aaron J. Bruns John Deere 29
#12 Alex Brimeyer John Deere 27
#12 Claude M. Frisbee J. I. Case 27
#14 Paul J. McCredie John Deere 26
#15 Ricky B. Theilen John Deere 25
#16 Mario L. Donini John Deere 23
#17 Lee E. Zumdome John Deere 21
#17 Daniel S. Hoffman John Deere 21
#19 Jay H. Olson John Deere 20
#19 Nathan E. Krehbiel John Deere 20
#21 Robert Schmidt Neopath 19
#21 Kevin R. King John Deere 19
#21 Mohamad S. El-Zein John Deere 19
#21 Brian Ford Carleton Life Support Systems 19
#25 Curtis R. Hammer John Deere 17
#25 Sankaran Subramaniam John Deere 17
#27 Nathan F. Tortorella John Deere 16
#27 Justin L. Montenguise Cnh Industrial America 16
#27 Jason D. Walter John Deere 16
#30 Matt D. Bartelson John Deere 15
#30 Larry E. Miller The Procter & Gamble 15
#32 Brian D. Williams Microsoft 14
#32 Ronnie Dean Stahlhut John Deere 14
#34 Robert W. Westerlund Alcoa 13
#34 Gregory B. Venema Alcoa 13
#34 James A. Swartzendruber John Deere 13
#34 Kenneth C. Ossian Ossian 13
#38 Kenneth J. Byrnes Agrigenics 12
#38 Fritz Lauer John Deere 12
#38 Scott N. Clark John Deere 12
#38 Mark A. McManus Mbrico 12
#38 Richard L. Bodnar Bethlehem Steel 12
#38 Ryan Patrick Martin Liberty Hardware Mfg. 12
#38 William P. Wohlford John Deere 12
#45 Scott R. Sehlin Carleton Life Support Systems 11
#46 Lawrence D. Green John Deere 10
#46 Todd N. Signer John Deere 10
#46 Dathan R. Kerber International Harvester 10
#46 Klaus Braunhardt John Deere 10
#50 Colin D. Engel John Deere 9

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