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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Valley, NE ranks #6,925 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 344 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Valley, NE include 180S, Emed Labs, Battle Sports Science. That works out to 113.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alan Tipp 180S 64
2 Sam Miller Emed Labs 26
3 Michael Steward Evans Battle Sports Science 19
#4 Mark Moeller Valmont Industries 14
#5 John M. Peters Ovonyx 13
#6 John Lingelbach 11
#7 Adam Michael Carson Fat Brain Toy Co. 10
#7 Lance D. Bailey 10
#9 Richard L. Gregg Prism Technologies 9
#10 Timothy C. Goeke Prism Technologies 8
#10 Dennis Weisenburger Universitat De Barcelona 8
#12 Anthony J. Hansen Valmont Industries 7
#12 Todd M. Conley Sprint Spectrum 7
#14 Liang Xi PayPal 6
#14 Fred Lingelbach 6
#16 Fredric J. Lingelbach 5
#16 Chad Bokowski 5
#16 Steven Nichols Duracell International 5
#16 Terry Peters 5
#16 April Lynn Peek West 5
#21 Larry A. Martinez The Western Union 4
#21 Kevin K. Fischman Valmont Industries 4
#21 Mark R. Nielson HP 4
#21 David Buck 4
#25 William Badalucco First Data 3
#25 Brian Kenkel 3
#25 Ryan Riveland Early Warning Services 3
#25 SuZanne Rogers First Data 3
#25 Karen Carson Fat Brain Toy Co. 3
#25 Bradley T. Masterson First Data 3
#25 Robert E. Hays Capital One Services 3
#32 Michael E. Szymanski AT&T 2
#32 Steven E. Campisi Promident 2
#32 Hobart Beeghly The J.C. Robinson Seed 2
#32 James N. Ferry 2
#32 Daniel Alexander Koch 2
#32 Kurt P. Seevers Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. 2
#32 Norman Theodore Davis, Jr. First Data 2
#32 Dixon Greenfield 2
#32 Michael Patak 2
#32 Joseph Gerard Sinnott 2
#32 Ben Bazis 2
#32 Donald E. Kroeger 2
#32 Daniel P. Stromp Valmont Industries 2
#45 Elliott Ostler 1
#45 E. Donald Trouba 1
#45 Todd Zessin Valmont Industries 1
#45 Robert K. Wood Applied Magnetics 1
#45 Robert R. Lichtenberg Applied Magnetics 1
#45 Raymond S. Abbott Applied Magnetics 1

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