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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clinton, IL ranks #8,538 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 251 patents from 18 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clinton, IL include Syngenta Participations Ag, State Farm, Caterpillar. That works out to 35.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–18 of 18 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian Scott Erdahl Syngenta Participations Ag 89
2 Roger L. McBroom Syngenta Participations Ag 86
3 Aaron Kammeyer State Farm 28
#4 Scott Furbeck Syngenta Participations Ag 13
#5 Ryan P. Morge Caterpillar 7
#6 John R. Culbert University Of Illinois 6
#7 Billy Simonovich State Farm 4
#7 Christopher Scott Laban Caterpillar 4
#9 Merle E. Clewett 2
#9 Andrew Noe Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 2
#9 William Simonovich State Farm 2
#9 David B. Hedrick Whitaker & 2
#13 Jody A. Wolf-Rueff A.E. Staley Manufacturing 1
#13 Leandra Vircks Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#13 Jerry Barnes Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#13 Aaron Kielar 1
#13 Thomas A. Meyen Caterpillar 1
#13 Ryan Whitlock State Farm 1

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