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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Traer, IA ranks #33,039 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 27 patents from 8 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Traer, IA include John Deere, AMD, Rockwell Collins. That works out to 17.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–8 of 8 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Patrick Eugene Pinkston John Deere 5
1 Joseph Kucera AMD 5
1 Richard A. Schafer John Deere 5
1 Rex McKee 5
#5 Mark S. Earley John Deere 3
#6 Francis Keith Scherrer Rockwell Collins 2
#7 John Richard Luhman 1
#7 Clint W. Hansen 1

Part of Iowa