Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Omaha, NE ranks #395 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,981 patents from 2,015 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Omaha, NE include Sportsstuff, Elemental Scientific, Monsanto Technology. That works out to 16.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,015 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leroy L. Peterson Sportsstuff 326
2 Daniel R. Wiederin Elemental Scientific 154
3 Mark J. Brinkman Monsanto Technology 110
#4 James K. Boutcher West 106
#5 Jeffrey William Cordell West 93
#6 Michael J. Moore Corning Incorporated 79
#7 Rodney Laible Pfizer 75
#8 Michael T. Mateer West 62
#9 Craig A. Webster West 54
#9 Mark J. Pettay West 54
#11 Daniel W. Lynn Food Safety Technology 53
#12 Wayne L. Ryan Streck Laboratories 52
#13 Bruce Pollock West 47
#14 Jonathan P. McIntosh West 42
#15 Robert F. LeVeen University Of Nebraska 41
#16 John D. Moore Southwire Company 40
#17 Mark William Miller Lindsay 39
#18 Tyler Yost Elemental Scientific 38
#19 Dmitry Oleynikov University Of Nebraska 36
#20 Richard L. Case Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 35
#20 Timothy W. Anderson Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 35
#22 Mohamad Morsey Intervet 33
#23 Ravi R. Gokarn Cargill, Incorporated 31
#23 Dong Wang University Of Nebraska 31
#23 Austin Schultz Elemental Scientific 31
#23 Steven Jerome Moore Computer Associates Think 31
#27 Michael B. Jones Wagner Spray Tech 30
#28 Ryan T. Grace Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 29
#29 Chad E. Johnson Cook Biotech Incorporated 28
#29 Chad Daniel Fox West 28
#29 Clarke Stevens Cable Television Laboratories 28
#32 Sean Patrick Suiter Pipbin 27
#33 Maneesh Jain Infinera 26
#33 Mark A. Latta Premier Dental Products 26
#33 Thomas R. Porter University Of Nebraska 26
#33 Santhosh Shetty Intrado 26
#33 Larry J. Smith Datalogic Adc 26
#38 David E. Doggett Synergy Computer Graphics 25
#38 Jason Dumpert University Of Nebraska 25
#38 Chad David Hendren West 25
#38 Shawn Burke Microsoft 25
#42 Kyle W. Uhlmeyer Elemental Scientific 24
#42 Jason M. Benes Cnh America 24
#44 Hendryanto Rilantono West 23
#44 Evan S. LUXON Theranova 23
#44 Jingwei Xie Washington University 23
#44 Jeffrey D. Zigler Iheart Media Management Services 23
#44 Fadi M. Alsaleem Emerson Climate Technologies 23
#49 Sambasiva Rao Chigurupati S&P Ingredient Development 22
#49 Howard E. Gendelman University Of Nebraska 22

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