Top Inventors in Des Moines, IA | Patent Leaderboard

Des Moines, IA ranks #1,190 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,822 patents from 657 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Des Moines, IA include Pioneer (Corteva), Townsend Engineering, 3M. That works out to 13.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 657 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Elliot Lee Heffner	Pioneer (Corteva)	129
2	Carl R. Simmons	Pioneer (Corteva)	80
3	Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski	Pioneer (Corteva)	67
#4	Ray T. Townsend	Townsend Engineering	60
#5	Robert W. Wilson	3M	54
#6	James K. Presnail	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	52
#7	Benjamin A. Bowen	Pioneer (Corteva)	41
#8	Christopher J. Scelonge	Pioneer (Corteva)	39
#8	David Butruille	Monsanto Technology	39
#10	Siebolt Hettinga	Central Quality Industries	36
#11	Tim Fox	Pioneer (Corteva)	35
#12	Todd Krone	Pioneer (Corteva)	32
#12	Gregory A. Zink	Delavan	32
#14	Gary Huffman	Pioneer (Corteva)	30
#15	Steven P. Briggs	Pioneer (Corteva)	28
#15	Thomas Chad Wolfe	Pioneer (Corteva)	28
#17	Laura Wonderling	Epitopix	23
#17	Robert McCracken	Wilian Holding	23
#17	Rudolf Jung	Pioneer (Corteva)	23
#17	Jonathan Duvick	Pioneer (Corteva)	23
#21	Charles A. Haas	Cobbs Manufacturing	22
#22	Kevin G. Ripp	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	21
#22	Robert Meeley	Pioneer (Corteva)	21
#24	Randy Leroy Kallem	Pioneer (Corteva)	20
#24	Joyce R. Maddox	Pioneer (Corteva)	20
#26	Thomas J. Ocken	Delavan	19
#27	Larry R. Beach	Pioneer (Corteva)	18
#27	William D. O'Brien, Jr.	AT&T	18
#27	Richard Wayne Hook	John Deere	18
#30	Richard David Zaun	John Deere	17
#30	John E. Schenken	Cobbs Manufacturing	17
#30	Sean J. Coughlan	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	17
#33	Francis E. Schlueter	John Deere	16
#33	James F. Hollander	Texas Instruments	16
#33	Chau Van Ho	Microsoft	16
#33	Michael M. Grove	Sundstrand Data Control	16
#33	Naum Staroselsky	Compressor Controls	16
#38	Arden L. Borgen	Unknown	15
#38	Sandra E. Meyer	Dow Agrosciences	15
#38	Tracy A. Rood	Pioneer (Corteva)	15
#41	Timothy B. Brandt	Parr Manufacturing	13
#42	Edward J. Stanek	Scientific Games International	12
#42	VIRGINIA CRANE	Pioneer (Corteva)	12
#42	Terry J. Kenkel	Emco Enterprises	12
#42	Matthew A. Bergman	Stork Townsend	12
#42	Frank Metzger	Bizerba Se & Co. Kg	12
#42	George J. Hoerster	Pioneer (Corteva)	12
#48	William A. Summers	Flint Hills Resources, Lp	11
#48	Basil F. Nimry	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	11
#48	James E. Boelling	Wy-Tech	11

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