Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomfield, IA ranks #14,083 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 117 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomfield, IA include John Deere, Vermeer Manufacturing, Amvac Chemical. That works out to 43.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David V. Rotole John Deere 46
2 Jacob D. Kappelman John Deere 12
3 Nathan A. Chaney John Deere 10
#4 Edward Lee Cutler Vermeer Manufacturing 8
#4 REX A. RYSDAM Amvac Chemical 8
#6 George W. Rumph John Deere 6
#7 Charles E. Altheide 3
#7 Gerald Ray Kinney Caterpillar 3
#9 Joshua Gnewuch Hwh 2
#9 Jeffrey C. Birkner 2
#9 Joshua R. McAfee John Deere 2
#9 Jeffrey J. Wuthrich 2
#13 Donald T. Torgerson Hill Phoenix 1
#13 Richard C. Riggenbach 1
#13 Edward Altheide 1
#13 Margaret J. Warning 1
#13 Brian D. Warning 1
#13 Dave V. Rotole John Deere 1
#13 Jashua Jay Gnewuch John Deere 1
#13 Mark K. Dearborn 1
#13 Jeffery J. Wuthrich 1
#13 Tom Irwin Ag Leader Technology 1
#13 John A. Dressler, Jr. 1
#13 Jeff J. Warning 1
#13 Robert J. Heerdink John Deere 1

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