Top Inventors in Waterloo, IL | Patent Leaderboard

Waterloo, IL ranks #10,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 174 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waterloo, IL include Purina Mills, Lincoln Industrial, Newell Operating. That works out to 15.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Kent J. Lanter	Purina Mills	44
2	Brad Allen Edler	Lincoln Industrial	21
3	Kent P. Ritzel	Newell Operating	19
#4	Steven A. Ziebold	Mecs	11
#5	Dennis M. Rippelmeyer	Emerson Electric	9
#6	Denis L. Bagsby	AT&T	8
#7	Chris Neff	Myriad Genetics	5
#8	Carlo J. Hansen	Ralston Purina	4
#9	Philip M. Hemken	Abbott	3
#9	Mark Köhler	Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag	3
#9	Casey Patrick Ellis	Hussmann	3
#9	Susan Conley	The Procter & Gamble	3
#9	Richard D. Kealy	Ralston Purina	3
#9	Kollin N. Liefer	Red Bud Industries	3
#15	John E. Kopp	Emerson Electric	2
#15	Robert C. Krump	Emerson Electric	2
#15	John E. Roth	Mastercard	2
#15	Shelby Griebel	—	2
#19	Ronald J. Krebel	—	1
#19	Lawrence E. Traiteur	Unknown	1
#19	Douglas C Akin	Daimlerchrysler Ag	1
#19	Ronald W. Rubemeyer	Peabody Coal	1
#19	Jill D. Anderson	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	1
#19	Justin Hesterberg	US Army	1
#19	Bruce A. Manning	John C. Kupferle Foundry	1
#19	Tom Belt	—	1
#19	Roger R. Maus	Emerson Electric	1
#19	Craig Milloshewski	AT&T	1
#19	Charles E. Vogt	—	1
#19	Herbert S. Mahanay	Snyder General	1
#19	Donald R. Hammer	The Southwestern Bell Telephone	1
#19	Richard W. Kohler	—	1
#19	Kim A. Lerch	Allied Gear & Machine	1
#19	William A. Ebeler	Omega Products	1
#19	Clemons A. Veath, Sr.	—	1
#19	James L. Champion	—	1
#19	Thomas John Schnepf	—	1
#19	Philip D. Wratchford	—	1
#19	Donald Edwin Ries	—	1
#19	Darryl W. Eschmann	Dazor Manufacturing	1
#19	James C. Kudrna	Depuy Orthopaedics	1
#19	Kent Ritzel	—	1
#19	Loretta Clayton	—	1
#19	Lisa R. Christ	—	1
#19	Gregory Paul Jarnagin	Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A.	1

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