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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Edwardsville, IL ranks #955 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,500 patents from 269 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Edwardsville, IL include Southpac Trust International, Pioneer (Corteva), Eaton Intelligent Power Limited. That works out to 130.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 269 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald E. Weder Southpac Trust International 1,412
2 Joseph G. Straeter Southpac Trust International 486
3 Jeffrey A. Thompson Pioneer (Corteva) 172
#4 Robert J. Reese Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 88
#5 Erwin H. Weder Highland Supply 68
#6 Matthew Rain Darr Cooper Technologies 55
#7 Robert C. Abrams Highland Supply 53
#8 Eric R. Rinderer B-Line Systems 47
#9 Cortney Warmouth Kranos Ip 43
#10 John W. Bergstrand Highland Supply 37
#11 Wilma M. Donnelly Highland Supply 34
#12 David Pazdernik Syngenta Participations Ag 30
#13 Marc Hunter Bissell Homecare 28
#13 Joel Clasquin Hunter Engineering 28
#13 Phyllis J. Bolk Highland Supply 28
#13 Donald E. Donnelly Emerson Electric 28
#13 Michael C. Dorsey Cosco Management 28
#18 E. H. Weder Southpac Trust International 23
#19 Jack D. Dippold Olin 20
#19 Richard W. Burns The Boeing 20
#21 William E. McCarthy Cooper Technologies 19
#21 David Hopp Sick Stegmann Gmbh 19
#23 David R. Lathrop Emerson Electric 17
#23 Robert C. Cuca K.V. Pharmaceutical 17
#25 Michael A. Pellock Mitek Holdings 16
#25 Erin H. Weder Southpac Trust International 16
#27 David S. Zhang IBM 13
#28 Michael P. Gleason The Boeing 11
#28 Yongfeng Zhao Yungu (Gu'An) Technology Co. 11
#28 Steven B. Long Permobil 11
#31 Joshua Matthew Herschbach Carr Lane Manufacturing 10
#32 Brian Lee Duncan Crane Merchandising Systems 9
#32 Anthony J. Bauer Amsted Industries Incorporated 9
#32 Joseph P. Haar, Jr. Mallinckrodt 9
#35 Ryan Korte Level 3 Communications 8
#35 Andrew Weder Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter 8
#35 Edward V. Carter Engineered Support Systems 8
#35 Kevin McPherson UPS 8
#35 Stephen Nathaniel Thompson Cooper Technologies 8
#35 Thomas C. Barmore 8
#41 Karolyn Terpstra Syngenta Participations Ag 7
#41 Michael W. Vannier University Of Iowa 7
#41 John Coseglia Amsted Rail Company 7
#41 Nicholas Adam Santoro Hubbell Incorporated 7
#45 Len W. Haleen Mallinckrodt Medical 6
#45 Kip Meyer Kranos Ip 6
#45 Howard F. McKinney 6
#45 Brent Michael Wilson Microsoft 6
#45 Ken Barker Highland Manufacturing And Sales 6
#45 Bill C. Weder Highland Manufacturing And Sales 6

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