Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waterloo, NE ranks #11,577 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 160 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waterloo, NE include Amazon, Syngenta Crop Protection Ag, Elemental Scientific. That works out to 171.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Alan Bray Amazon 23
2 Benjamin Ford Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 22
3 Jonathan Hein Elemental Scientific 21
#4 Matthew R. Kreifels Streck 14
#5 Amarnath Natarajan University Of Nebraska 12
#6 Michael Dyas Transgenomic 8
#7 Matthew John Dudik Lindsay 7
#8 Michael D. Hornbacher 6
#9 Daniel R. Shepherd 4
#9 Alisha Fox 4
#9 Troy G. Hottovy Intrado 4
#9 Ercole L. Cavalieri University Of Nebraska 4
#13 Meghan K. Anderson Robert Bosch Tool 3
#13 Ken Knaub 3
#13 Anton J. Holzapfel 3
#13 Jeff Kester 3
#13 Jeremiah Meints Elemental Scientific 3
#18 Ashley E. Anderson Valmont Industries 2
#18 Manuel Arciga Lindsay Transportation Solutions 2
#18 James G. Strayer Schering 2
#21 Bruce E. Kirk 1
#21 Pezhman Salehi Dermanaki Ting Theropeutics 1
#21 Marvin Ci 1
#21 Joel Elson University Of Nebraska 1
#21 Jennifer C. Dant Intervet 1
#21 Michael Lankhorst University Of Nebraska 1
#21 Paul C. Potts 1
#21 Kathleen R. Eggen 1
#21 John Brichacek HP 1
#21 Tyler Chrisman Union Pacific Railroad 1

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