Top Inventors in Columbia, IL | Patent Leaderboard

Columbia, IL ranks #9,567 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 213 patents from 58 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbia, IL include IBM, Code 3, Handi-Craft. That works out to 19.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 58 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	John Michael Garrison	IBM	36
2	Robert E. Kreutzer	Code 3	19
3	Mark D. Reed	Handi-Craft	16
#4	Nathan David Donovan	Lincoln Industrial	11
#4	Glen L. Bostick	Nooter/Eriksen	11
#6	Richard Heier	The Upjohn	10
#7	Terry L. Vieth	AT&T	8
#8	Jeremy R. Schueler	Abb Schweiz Ag	7
#9	Janet R. Jackson	Google	5
#9	Forrest Nixon	Cerro Flow Products	5
#9	James C. Kaiping	—	5
#12	Gregory S. Conary	Ethyl Petroleum Additives	4
#12	Walter Akers	Washington University	4
#14	Robert E. Kreutzer, Jr.	Young Microbrush	3
#14	Larissa Thackray	Washington University	3
#14	Christine A. Daley	Reliv International	3
#14	Tiffani Eisenhauer	Mallinckrodt	3
#14	Michael J. Nikrant	Sunnen Products	3
#19	Kristopher Michael Kirmess	Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University	2
#19	Christopher Lee CRAIG	Aladdin Manufacturing	2
#19	Robert E. Byrd	Monsanto Technology	2
#19	Adam S. Farag	Apple	2
#19	Gerald W. Krauss	—	2
#19	Laura L. Vitale	—	2
#19	N. Earl Stahlheber	—	2
#19	Gregory J. Lammert	Watlow Electric Manufacturing	2
#19	Mark A. Uhrhan	American Power Conversion	2
#19	Dave Wayne Bahr	Rock-Tenn Shared Services	2
#19	Kyle R. Palacios	West	2
#19	Pamela M. Elliott	—	2
#19	ReAnna Gayle Smith	—	2
#19	Brian Lee Estes	—	2
#19	Nathan John McVicker	—	2
#19	Thomas Michel Swip, JR.	—	2
#19	Mike Broadwater	Allscripts Software	2
#36	Robert C. Haldiman	—	1
#36	Vito A. Mantese	—	1
#36	Kip Harm	—	1
#36	Benjamin N. Lynch	Ameren	1
#36	Mark A Roos	Google	1
#36	Robert Mooshegian	Solae Company	1
#36	Rick Calvert	—	1
#36	Grant G. Gvozdich	The Boeing	1
#36	Brandon Roche	AT&T	1
#36	Colin Roessler	—	1
#36	Kirk D. Narzinski	—	1
#36	Richard B. Uhrhan	Google	1
#36	Ahmed Soueidan	Unknown	1
#36	Julia A. Arnold	—	1
#36	Dale E. Vise	The Boeing	1

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