Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Johnston, IA ranks #1,493 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,256 patents from 247 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Johnston, IA include Pioneer (Corteva), Delavan, Dow Agrosciences. That works out to 93.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 247 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leon G. Streit Pioneer (Corteva) 183
2 Lev Alexander Prociw Delavan 168
3 Luis A. Verde Chifflet Pioneer (Corteva) 89
#4 Goran Srnic Pioneer (Corteva) 70
#4 Sandeep Kumar Dow Agrosciences 70
#6 Keith Lowe Pioneer (Corteva) 60
#7 Brandon P. Williams Collins Engine Nozzles 59
#8 Brian Wilson AT&T 52
#9 Stephen William Noble, Jr. Pioneer (Corteva) 44
#10 Kanwarpal S. Dhugga Pioneer (Corteva) 42
#11 Xiaomei Shi Pioneer (Corteva) 38
#12 Bailin Li Pioneer (Corteva) 37
#13 David L. Johnson Pioneer (Corteva) 34
#14 Jun-Zhi Wei Pioneer (Corteva) 32
#15 Baolong Zhu Genomatica 30
#15 Mark E. Barker John Deere 30
#17 Pedro Gonzalez-Portilla Benson Hill Seeds 27
#17 Sarah E. Worden Dow Agrosciences 27
#19 JOSHUA K. YOUNG Pioneer (Corteva) 26
#19 Mark Cooper North Carolina State University 26
#21 Shufeng Han John Deere 25
#21 Jimei Wang Pioneer (Corteva) 25
#21 Jinrui Shi Pioneer (Corteva) 25
#21 Xiaomu Niu Pioneer (Corteva) 25
#25 Peizhong Zheng Pioneer (Corteva) 23
#25 Mark A. Cracraft John Deere 23
#25 Haiyin Wang Pioneer (Corteva) 23
#28 Douglas Edward DeVries Consumer Safety Technology 22
#29 Robert G. Larkin Ach Food Companies 21
#29 Scott E. Nichols Pioneer (Corteva) 21
#29 Tarik Loukili John Deere 21
#32 Curtis A. Maeder John Deere 20
#32 Huirong Gao Pioneer (Corteva) 20
#32 Brandon M. McDonald John Deere 20
#35 David S. Stucker Pioneer (Corteva) 19
#36 Jianbin Yu Pioneer (Corteva) 17
#36 Mark Peter Sahlin John Deere 17
#36 Joseph Samo Delavan 17
#39 Eric Barbour Pioneer (Corteva) 16
#40 Leszek A. Lyznik 15
#40 Guofu Li Sangamo Biosciences 15
#42 Yue Yun Pioneer (Corteva) 14
#43 Jingrui Wu Pioneer (Corteva) 12
#43 SERGEI SVITASHEV Pioneer (Corteva) 12
#43 Deping Xu Pioneer (Corteva) 12
#46 Leszek A. Lyznik Purdue Research Foundation 11
#46 Norbert Brugiere Pioneer (Corteva) 11
#46 Joy Vuijk John Deere 11
#49 Stephen Wade Brooks Video Gaming Technologies 10
#49 David L. Hyten, Jr. Pioneer (Corteva) 10

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