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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Quincy, IL ranks #4,141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 683 patents from 184 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Quincy, IL include Arris Enterprises, Springs Window Fashions Division, Motorola. That works out to 17.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 184 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark S. Schmidt Arris Enterprises 47
2 Charles F. Smiley Springs Window Fashions Division 35
3 Clifford D. Leitch Motorola 26
#4 David A. Cortes American Cyanamid 25
#5 Hilmer I. Swanson Harris 20
#6 Edwin Ray Twitchell Harris 18
#7 Steven R. Green Motorola 13
#7 Robert J. Plonka Harris 13
#9 Timothy Dittmer Harris 11
#9 Brian Lindemann 11
#9 G. Robert Goss Oil-Dri Corporation Of America 11
#12 Wayne Douglas Duello Harris 10
#12 William A. Resch, III Eastman Kodak 10
#14 Andrew Kutner Pure Storage 9
#14 Mark Rose 9
#14 Qingshan Gao Moorman Manufacturing 9
#14 Michael W. Jorgenson Union Carbide 9
#18 Theodore Hebron Centurion Wireless Technologies 8
#18 Robert E. Klein Harris 8
#20 Geoffrey Norman Mendenhall Harris 7
#20 Daniel G. Fuchs 7
#20 Luke Terstriep 7
#20 David Calabotta Desert King International 7
#20 Joe David Crenshaw Apc 7
#25 Jack Pellicane Carrier Commercial Refrigeration 6
#25 Taylor Stratman Gardner Denver 6
#25 Bruce W. Moechnig Archer-Daniels-Midland 6
#25 Rodney F. Klima Basf Se 6
#25 Dmitriy Borodulin Harris 6
#25 Gerald W. Collins Harris 6
#25 Roger E. Benz Glenayre Electronics 6
#25 Richard B. Frey Microsemi 6
#25 Rex L. Niekamp Harris 6
#25 Robert J. Segal American Safety Razor 6
#25 John F. Monahan Rca 6
#25 Hadyn H. Kerner Komatsu America International 6
#25 David P. Holzgraefe Archer-Daniels-Midland 6
#38 Gene R. Bluhm 5
#38 Brian Flynn Biomerieux Vitek 5
#38 Jason Bowman University Of Washington 5
#38 Tingrong Ren Quincy Compressor 5
#38 William A. Kerkhoff Harris 5
#38 Ian A. Taylor University Of Illinois 5
#38 Timothy John Morgan Pilkington Group Limited 5
#38 Alan M. Davis Applied Extrusion Technologies 5
#38 Basil Bevans Archer-Daniels-Midland 5
#38 David Kent Bonds Glenayre Electronics 5
#38 Joseph Lee Seccia Harris 5
#38 Ed Twitchell Harris 5
#38 David W. Glessner Glenayre Electronics 5

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