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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dixon, IL ranks #7,698 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 292 patents from 85 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dixon, IL include Wahl Clipper, Sleepeck Printing, Hamilton Sundstrand. That works out to 19.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 85 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ryan Smith Wahl Clipper 34
2 Alan L. Miller 30
3 Ake L. Dahlquist Sleepeck Printing 17
#4 Darrell E. Ankney Hamilton Sundstrand 15
#5 Richard M. Curtin Genie Industries 8
#6 Brian Morgan Raynor Garage Doors 7
#6 Yuniya S. Bishop Hamilton Sundstrand 7
#6 Christopher Lee Greenwalt Cooper Technologies 7
#6 Robert M. Lupa Quantum Signal 7
#10 Ryan Westphal Implus Footcare 6
#10 Steven J. Arntzen Gogo 6
#12 Greg A. Heckman Stant 5
#12 Terry L. Forbes 5
#12 Timothy P. Detwiler Detwiler Industries 5
#12 Timothy K. Fulmer Mccanse Engineering Incorporated 5
#12 Peter Richard Bahn 5
#17 Paula Kelly 4
#17 Donald A. Ferguson Borgwarner 4
#17 Jennifer Westphal 4
#17 Gerald A. Brechon Automation 4
#17 Matthew J. Bowers Wahl Clipper 4
#17 Kris Strothmann Kennametal 4
#17 Cory E. Sarver Blount 4
#17 Charles Hartwig Wahl Clipper 4
#25 Jeremey Heller E.D. Etnyre & 3
#25 Franklin S. Miller 3
#25 Roy C. Barton Unknown 3
#25 Stacey Hummel Wahl Clipper 3
#25 William Charles Hawkins Electro-Motive Diesel 3
#25 Michael Scarantino Harper-Wyman 3
#25 Thomas D. Herrington 3
#32 Mathew McClelland 2
#32 Paul Mierzwa 2
#32 Clarence W. Ashcraft 2
#32 Brian Martens Auto Meter Products 2
#32 W. Rod Parke 2
#32 Jeremy Heller E.D. Etnyre & 2
#32 Stephen Porter Everbrite 2
#32 William F. Wadsworth Raynor Mfg. 2
#32 Michael J. Covey 2
#32 Alan J. Mackey Cretex Companies 2
#32 Jerry F. Taylor 2
#32 Arnold A. Downs Unknown 2
#32 Coy H. Burgess Raynor Garage Doors 2
#32 Gregory A. Grubb Brownmed 2
#32 Justin S. Doerner Joy Global Underground Mining 2
#32 Robert A. Dewey Blount 2
#48 Elizabeth Rose Ortgiesen Wahl Clipper 1
#48 Tonya Sue Litts 1
#48 Charlotte E. Gilkey 1

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