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Normal, IL All Time

2,381 patents  ·  230 inventors  ·  45.1/1k pop.

Ranked #1,405 of 112,640 cities Top 2%

Normal, IL ranks #1,405 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,381 patents from 230 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Normal, IL include State Farm, Cknapp Sales, Electrolux Home Care Products. That works out to 45.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 230 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian Mark Fields State Farm 279
2 William J. Leise State Farm 123
3 Leo Nelson Chan State Farm 85
#4 Steve Roberson State Farm 76
#5 Mohamed A. Wazeer State Farm 59
#6 Ryan Michael Gross State Farm 58
#7 Edward P. Matesevac, III State Farm 56
#8 Brandon Meyer Cknapp Sales 51
#9 Sunish Menon State Farm 48
#9 Amy Engelhorn State Farm 48
#11 James M. Freeman — 47
#12 David Turrentine State Farm 46
#13 Deanna L. Stockweather State Farm 42
#14 Nicholas R. Baker State Farm 41
#15 Chien Che Huang State Farm 40
#15 Carol Marie Csanda State Farm 40
#17 Terry Quakenbush State Farm 39
#18 Jeffrey S. Myers State Farm 35
#18 Jennifer L. Crawford State Farm 35
#18 Roger D. Schmidgall State Farm 35
#21 Laura A. Uphoff State Farm 31
#22 Dustin Ryan Carter State Farm 28
#22 Anthony McCoy State Farm 28
#22 Vincent Bobrosky Electrolux Home Care Products 28
#22 Thomas Michael Potter State Farm 28
#26 J. Lynn Wilson — 26
#27 Bradley A. Craig State Farm 23
#28 Ronald R. Duehr State Farm 20
#28 Christopher L. Ward State Farm 20
#28 Jeffrey Mousty State Farm 20
#31 David Leonardo Cedeno Medtronic 19
#31 Joseph W. Norton State Farm 19
#31 Dingchao Zhang State Farm 19
#34 Kim E. Flesher State Farm 18
#34 Scott R. Schuricht Caterpillar 18
#36 Stephen R. Prevatt State Farm 17
#36 Louis A. Littell State Farm 17
#36 Mary Kay Mueller State Farm 17
#39 Sylvia Hernandez State Farm 16
#40 John M. VanAntwerp State Farm 13
#40 Jeremy Carnahan State Farm 13
#42 Trishan Esram Solarbridge Technologies 12
#42 Stephen M. Wiley Caterpillar 12
#44 Lisa Ann Frey State Farm 11
#44 Alexander Gataric State Farm 11
#44 Richard J. Lovings State Farm 11
#44 Trent Ballentine — 11
#44 David Beatty Caterpillar 11
#49 Michael E. Moncelle Caterpillar 10
#50 Gregory Debo State Farm 9

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