Top Inventors in Decatur, IL | Patent Leaderboard

Decatur, IL ranks #1,927 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,679 patents from 423 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, IL include The Grigoleit, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Henkel Limited. That works out to 23.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 423 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Robert K. Howie, Jr.	The Grigoleit	42
2	Richard W. Armentrout	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	41
3	Allen D. Urfer	Henkel Limited	34
#4	Todd Werpy	Battelle Memorial Institute	32
#5	Kenneth Stensrud	Archer-Daniels-Midland	31
#5	Patrick M. McCurry, Jr.	Henkel Limited	31
#7	Erik Hagberg	Archer-Daniels-Midland	27
#8	Ray M. Hauser	Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership	26
#8	Shireen Baseeth	Archer-Daniels-Midland	26
#10	John E. Potts	3M	24
#11	William C. Hoffman	Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology	22
#11	Song-Hae Bok	Korea Institute Of Science And Technology	22
#13	John C. Woody	Walbro	21
#13	Brennan Smith	Archer-Daniels-Midland	21
#13	Marc Anderson	Verisign	21
#16	Joseph L. Daghe	Mueller	20
#17	Gary L. Bouc	Mueller	19
#18	Frank T. Orthoefer	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	18
#19	Arshad H. Malik	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	17
#19	Robert S. McDaniel, Jr.	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	17
#21	Don A. Perry	Atlas Pacific Engineering	16
#22	Gary L. Hein, Jr.	Lincoln Diagnostics	14
#22	Gail M. Howell	Henkel Limited	14
#22	James D. Humphrey	Caterpillar	14
#25	Erin Rockafellow	—	11
#25	Carl E. Pickens	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien	11
#25	Clarence D. Fox	Borgwarner	11
#25	Ronald T. Sleeter	Archer-Daniels-Midland	11
#25	William F. Lehnhardt	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	11
#25	Penelope A. Patton	Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas	11
#25	Mark Matlock	Archer-Daniels-Midland	11
#25	Douglas S. Hein	Lincoln Diagnostics	11
#33	James E. Eastman	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	10
#33	Sean M. Hayes	Tri-Tronics	10
#33	Yueqin Yang	Archer-Daniels-Midland	10
#33	Susan M. Potter	Solae Company	10
#33	K. N. Mani	Archer-Daniels-Midland	10
#33	George Poppe	Archer-Daniels-Midland	10
#33	Kyle Beery	Archer-Daniels-Midland	10
#33	Mohammad Unnus Qasim	Mueller International	10
#41	P. John Rayapati	Archer-Daniels-Midland	9
#41	Teodora R. Tabuena-Salyers	Archer-Daniels-Midland	9
#41	Gin C. Liaw	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	9
#41	John Eddington	Archer-Daniels-Midland	9
#41	Timothy J. Bromenshenkel	Caterpillar	9
#41	Robert V. Schanefelt	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	9
#41	Norman A. Portnoy	Viskase Companies	9
#41	Carl E. Floren	Mueller	9
#41	Kenneth B. Moser	A.E. Staley Manufacturing	9
#41	Peter Tausch	Libbey-Owens-Ford	9

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