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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hesston, KS ranks #4,357 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 638 patents from 103 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hesston, KS include Agco, Hay & Forage Industries, Excel Industries. That works out to 182.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 103 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Martin E. Pruitt Agco 33
2 Shane A. Bollinger Agco 30
3 Maynard M. Herron Agco 26
#4 Patrick Kendrick Agco 23
#4 Stanley R. Clark Agco 23
#4 Howard J. Ratzlaff Hay & Forage Industries 23
#4 Bernard D. Regier Agco 23
#8 Thomas G. Schrag Agco 21
#9 Brian L. Nebel Excel Industries 19
#9 Michael L. O'Halloran Hay & Forage Industries 19
#11 Monte J. Rans Agco 18
#12 Jeremy Joseph Kneuper Textron Innovations 17
#13 Bryan S. Claerhout Tribine Industries 16
#14 Gagan Sethi Agco 15
#15 Robert L. Figger Agco 14
#15 Edward W. Esau Agco 14
#17 Jay Anthony Leininger Agco 13
#17 Amos G. Hill Hesston 13
#19 Conrad H. Boettger St. Francis Research Institute 12
#20 Taylor Bozarth Great Plains Manufacturing 10
#20 Benjamin Anson Fanshier Agco 10
#22 Robert J. Waggoner Agco 9
#22 David L. Mullet Excel Industries 9
#22 Edward L. Swenson Agco 9
#22 Lawrence D. Retzlaff Agco 9
#26 Rex Schertz Agco 8
#26 Howard R. Lohrentz Hesston 8
#26 Joshua Ekholm Agco 8
#29 Karl E. Voth The Bradbury Co. 7
#29 Richard Alexander HP 7
#31 Craig Pecenka Hay & Forage Industries 6
#31 Lucas Andrew Weller Agco 6
#31 James Kraus Excelermatic 6
#31 Ranjit Patwardhan Agco 6
#31 Ross Duerksen Agco 6
#36 James A. Wright 5
#36 Douglas J. Grollmes Agco 5
#36 Allen J. Kuhn Agco 5
#36 Verne D. Voth The Bradbury Co. 5
#36 Lee A. Schmidt Agco 5
#36 Robert C. Esau Excel Industries 5
#42 Vilas D. Hershberger 4
#42 Andrew Mark Veer Agco 4
#42 Jeffery A. Baldauf Agco 4
#42 Dane Austin Mosel Agco 4
#42 Patrick Lyle Cherney Halliburton Energy Services 4
#42 Friedrich Robert Honeyman Agco 4
#42 Dino Rey Valdez Agco 4
#42 Bobby D. McWhirt Hesston 4
#50 Daniel S. Jost Agco 3

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