Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pella, IA ranks #2,445 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,271 patents from 257 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pella, IA include Google, Stolle Machinery Company, Maytag. That works out to 121.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 257 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Xiaohang Wang Google 60
2 Greg Williams Stolle Machinery Company 47
3 Evan R. Vande Haar Maytag 39
#4 James W. Skinner Press-Seal Gasket 35
#5 Todd A. Bernhagen Pella 34
#6 Peter James Fritz GE 32
#7 Bruce Hagemeyer Amesbury Group 31
#8 Paul D. Schroder Pella 27
#9 Merlan J. Rolffs Kinze Manufacturing 24
#10 Ty Hartwick Vermeer Manufacturing 20
#10 Kevin L. Alft Vermeer Manufacturing 20
#12 James L. O'Halloran Vermeer Manufacturing 19
#13 Rustin V. Bentzinger Vermeer Manufacturing 18
#14 Ted L. Hansen Pella 16
#14 Hans Kelpe Vermeer Manufacturing 16
#16 Keith Roozeboom Vermeer Manufacturing 15
#17 Bruce A. Baier Pella 14
#18 Loren Van Wyk Ldj Manufacturing 13
#18 Darin Dux Vermeer Manufacturing 13
#18 Michael D. Langenfeld Vermeer Manufacturing 13
#21 Brian John Bischel Vermeer Manufacturing 12
#21 Philip R. Lane Vermeer Manufacturing 12
#21 Matthew Arlen Mills Vermeer Manufacturing 12
#24 Claudio Carrafiello Verzilli Vermeer Manufacturing 11
#24 David M. Wisniewski 11
#24 Gary W. Kappel Vermeer Manufacturing 11
#24 Walter C. Wright John Deere 11
#24 Allen V. Reicks Precision Pulley 11
#29 Corey Lanoue Vermeer Manufacturing 10
#29 Scot C. Miller Pella 10
#29 Gary Verhoef Vermeer Manufacturing 10
#32 Daniel Hofland Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Louis Hartke Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Jonathan S. Hoogland Pella 9
#32 Tayte Askelsen Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Daniel Erickson Google 9
#32 David Gift Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Joshua Dean Nossaman Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Stephen Daining Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Edwin N. Galloway Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Nathan D. Dockter Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#32 Kent M. Recker Vermeer Manufacturing 9
#43 Clint Weinberg Vermeer Manufacturing 8
#43 David Hanson Underground Imaging Technologies 8
#43 Matthew Ryan Disselkoen Vermeer Manufacturing 8
#43 Jaron E. Vos Pella 8
#43 Peter C. Rozendaal Vermeer Manufacturing 8
#43 Ross D. Dale Claas Saulgau Gmbh 8
#43 Philip Egging Vermeer Manufacturing 8
#43 Joseph Edward Breja Vermeer Manufacturing 8

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