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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