Missouri — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Missouri 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Chesterfield, MO	529	335
#2	Tokyo, MO	172	51
#3	Holden, MO	85	50
#4	Manchester, MO	82	34
#5	Kansas City, MO	74	65
#6	Columbia, MO	50	38
#7	Ballwin, MO	39	25
#8	Rolla, MO	34	21
#9	Yokohama, MO	33	6
#10	Osaka, MO	30	6
#11	Maryland Heights, MO	29	21
#12	Creve Coeur, MO	29	15
#13	Florissant, MO	28	19
#14	Saint Peters, MO	28	18
#15	University City, MO	27	16
#16	Springfield, MO	27	24
#17	Kirkwood, MO	26	18
#18	Carthage, MO	24	7
#19	Hazelwood, MO	21	10
#20	Platte City, MO	21	10
#21	Fenton, MO	20	14
#22	Independence, MO	20	17
#23	Joplin, MO	19	16
#24	Clayton, MO	18	8
#25	Blue Springs, MO	17	16

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Franklin J. Craig	Manchester	Southpac Trust International	23
2	R. E. Jack Dunn	Chesterfield	Southpac Trust International	18
2	John J. Talley	Chesterfield	G.D. Searle	18
#4	Thomas J. Wells	Carthage	L&P Property Management	13
#5	Donald D. Foster	Holden	Contico International	12
#6	Daniel P. Getman	Chesterfield	G.D. Searle	10
#7	Raghavan Rajagopalan	Hazelwood	Mallinckrodt	9
#7	Bradley D. Gale	Chesterfield	Contico International	9
#9	John N. Freskos	Clayton	G.D. Searle	8
#9	Donald J. Rogier, Jr.	Chesterfield	G.D. Searle	8
#9	Robert D. Lee	Chesterfield	Dallas Semiconductor	8
#9	Chi-Hsin Richard King	Des Peres	Merrell Pharmaceuticals	8
#9	Michael O'Sullivan	Lamar	Molex	8
#14	Gary A. DeCrescenzo	Parkville	G.D. Searle	7
#14	Bruce C. Hamper	Kirkwood	—	7
#14	Leo A. Whiteside	Chesterfield	Dow Corning Wright	7
#14	Peter G. Ruminski	Wildwood	—	7
#14	Robert M. Heintz	Ballwin	G.D. Searle	7
#19	Michael L. Vazquez	Creve Coeur	G.D. Searle	6
#19	Michael K. Stern	University City	—	6
#19	Philip L. Nelson	Wildwood	Contico International	6
#22	Gary E. Horst	Manchester	Emerson Electric	5
#22	Ganesh M. Kishore	Saint Louis	—	5
#22	Terry Brewer	Rolla	Brewer Science	5
#22	Scott O. Slates	Wentzville	Toxonics Manufacturing	5