Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Peoria, IL ranks #404 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,835 patents from 1,769 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Peoria, IL include Caterpillar, Chevron, Natural Fiber Welding. That works out to 69.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,769 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ronald D. Shinogle Caterpillar 65
2 Rex E. Murray Chevron 63
3 Nathan Bjerke Caterpillar 58
#4 John J. Krone Caterpillar 56
#5 Jonathan W. Anders Caterpillar 51
#6 Gerald N. Coleman Caterpillar 50
#7 Kenth I. Svensson Caterpillar 49
#7 Daniel R. Puckett Caterpillar 49
#9 Cory A. Brown Caterpillar 47
#10 Thomas E. Oertley Caterpillar 44
#10 Richard E. Livesay Caterpillar 44
#10 William J. Renski Caterpillar 44
#10 Curtis J. Graham Caterpillar 44
#14 Aaron Kenneth Amstutz Natural Fiber Welding 43
#15 Anthony J. Grichnik Caterpillar 40
#16 David Bruno Parzynski, Jr. Caterpillar 39
#17 Thandava K. Edara Caterpillar 37
#18 Matthew Morgan Microsoft 36
#18 Bobby John Caterpillar 36
#20 Matthew Bramlet Enduvo 34
#21 Ronald Silver Caterpillar 33
#21 Michael G. Cronin Caterpillar 33
#23 George Kechter Cranial Technologies 31
#23 Bryant Morris Caterpillar 31
#23 David R. Schricker Caterpillar 31
#26 John P. Hoffman Caterpillar 30
#27 Chuong Q. Dam Caterpillar 29
#28 Keith E. Lawrence Caterpillar 28
#28 Randall T. Anderson Caterpillar 28
#28 James Robert LaHood Caterpillar 28
#31 Luke Michael Haverhals Natural Fiber Welding 27
#31 Peter W. Anderton Caterpillar 27
#33 Aaron Michael Brown Amazon 26
#33 James M. Ligon Novartis Finance 26
#33 Michael S. Lukich Caterpillar 26
#33 John R. McDonald Mcafee 26
#37 Hongliu Du Caterpillar 25
#37 Steven J. Funke Caterpillar 25
#37 Suresh Baddam Reddy Caterpillar 25
#37 Patrick F. Dowd USDA 25
#37 Huijun Wang Caterpillar 25
#42 Corey Lee Gorman Caterpillar 24
#42 Gregory Ralph Harrod Caterpillar 24
#42 Sylvain J. Charbonnel Caterpillar 24
#42 Alan L. Ferguson Caterpillar 24
#42 Aleksandar Egelja Caterpillar 24
#47 Charles E. Grawey Caterpillar 23
#47 John M. Spangler Caterpillar 23
#49 Xiao-Qiang Chen Foxconn 22
#49 David M. Ginter Caterpillar 22

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