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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Princeton, IL ranks #4,598 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 596 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Princeton, IL include Pioneer (Corteva), Schlage Lock Company, University Of North Texas. That works out to 76.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mario Rosario Carlone, Jr. Pioneer (Corteva) 221
2 Donald Kyle Pioneer (Corteva) 166
3 Brian Allen Carden Pioneer (Corteva) 67
#4 James E. Jensen Schlage Lock Company 12
#5 Marjorie A. McIntosh Pioneer (Corteva) 11
#6 John Redmond University Of North Texas 10
#7 Craig L. Lucas Schlage Lock Company 8
#7 William S. Niebur Pioneer (Corteva) 8
#9 Ronald W. Nelson John Deere 7
#10 Rex H. Lasson Schlage Lock Company 6
#10 Richard L. Zunkel Schlage Lock Company 6
#10 Allen J. DeClerk Caterpillar 6
#10 Justin Michael Malohn Caterpillar 6
#14 Thomas R. Lasier Schlage Lock Company 5
#15 David Ralph Taylor Peerless Mfg. Co 4
#15 Bryan G. Poorman Caterpillar 4
#15 Jeffrey Lewis Fenwick Schlage Lock Company 4
#18 Duc Van Pham Diamond Multimedia Systems 3
#18 Justin Graham Gray Pioneer (Corteva) 3
#18 Raymond H. Schnarr Schlage Lock Company 3
#18 James R. Burkhart Martin Engineering 3
#18 Christopher Roger Myers Schlage Lock Company 3
#18 Charles T. Barth Schlage Lock Company 3
#24 Alan Daniel Reeverts Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#24 Gregory T. Carrott 2
#24 Scott Perry Apple 2
#24 Lloyd Schneider 2
#24 George Glover Unknown 2
#24 James Joseph Legner Hcc 2
#30 Bruce N. Beers Schlage Lock Company 1
#30 Bruce Klauba Martin Engineering 1
#30 Christos Vassiliou Harper-Wyman 1
#30 Travis John Grawe Martin Engineering 1
#30 Kurt R. Freeberg Schlage Lock Company 1
#30 Shirley Simpson 1
#30 Rex N. Johnsen Caterpillar 1
#30 Alexander M. Arauza 1
#30 Dennis Anderson 1
#30 Shelley Dawn Corban Carus 1
#30 Robert J. Blickhahn Schlage Lock Company 1
#30 Douglas Scroggs 1
#30 Jason R. Hurdis Martin Engineering 1
#30 William C. Moreland, II 1
#30 George T. Horodeck Harper-Wyman 1

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