Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

East Peoria, IL ranks #1,964 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,650 patents from 393 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in East Peoria, IL include Royal Group, L.R. Nelson, Caterpillar. That works out to 73.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 393 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Campbell Royal Group 78
2 Lawrence P. Heren L.R. Nelson 61
3 Craig L. Koehrsen Caterpillar 48
#4 Brian D. Hoff Caterpillar 46
#4 Brian D. Kuras Caterpillar 46
#6 Kevin P. Duffy Caterpillar 31
#7 Corey Michael Wells Caterpillar 30
#8 Thomas M. Sopko Caterpillar 27
#8 James W. Landes Caterpillar 27
#10 Mark E. Rettig Caterpillar 26
#10 Daniel Peter Sergison Caterpillar 26
#12 Ryan Allgaier Precision Planting 23
#13 Daniel C. Wood Caterpillar 20
#14 Lucas Allen State Farm 19
#15 Joel L. Peterson Caterpillar 18
#16 James E. Winzeler Caterpillar 17
#17 Steven Wayne O'Neal Caterpillar 16
#17 Samuel B. Stevens Caterpillar 16
#17 Michael L. Knussman Caterpillar 16
#20 Gregory S. Hasler Caterpillar 15
#20 Nicholas Welander Cknapp Sales 15
#20 Alexander Goloff Caterpillar 15
#23 William Jay Ulrich, IV Caterpillar 14
#23 Willis E. Windish Caterpillar 14
#25 Timothy J. Felty Caterpillar 13
#25 Andrew J. Tonsor Caterpillar 13
#25 Frank A. DeMarco Caterpillar 13
#28 Corwin E. Storer Caterpillar 12
#29 Robert L. Powers Caterpillar 11
#29 Eric Donald Wiebrecht Caterpillar 11
#31 Jerry D. Fidler Caterpillar 10
#31 Howard A. Marsden Caterpillar 10
#33 Stephen F. Glassey Caterpillar 9
#33 Bradley K. Bomer Caterpillar 9
#33 Jerry A. Wear Caterpillar 9
#33 Christopher M. Sprock Caterpillar 9
#33 Rodney J. Bothast USDA 9
#33 Steven M. Cox First Solar 9
#39 James P. Mueller Pharmacopeia 8
#39 Jerry F. Smith Caterpillar 8
#39 Kevin J. Schreader Caterpillar 8
#39 Kenneth F. Golan Caterpillar 8
#39 Matthew William Trone Caterpillar 8
#39 Loran Sutton Thermo King 8
#39 Don L. Dunlap Precision Planting 8
#46 Leon P. Yesel Caterpillar 7
#46 Eric P. Spaeth Caterpillar 7
#46 Douglas W. Friedrich Caterpillar 7
#46 Paul W. Bierdeman Caterpillar 7
#46 Bryan Everett Copeland Caterpillar 7

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