Oklahoma — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Oklahoma 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Bartlesville, OK	149	79
#2	Tulsa, OK	145	116
#3	Oklahoma City, OK	94	70
#4	Duncan, OK	49	39
#5	Edmond, OK	44	34
#6	Norman, OK	40	26
#7	Broken Arrow, OK	33	23
#8	Stillwater, OK	30	24
#9	Bayreuth, OK	17	2
#10	Ponca City, OK	17	16
#11	Shawnee, OK	15	5
#12	Owasso, OK	13	11
#13	Claremore, OK	13	11
#14	Fukuoka, OK	10	1
#15	Perry, OK	9	9
#16	Yukon, OK	7	6
#17	Marlow, OK	7	4
#18	Canton, OK	7	4
#19	Sapulpa, OK	7	7
#20	Ardmore, OK	6	6
#21	Lawton, OK	6	5
#22	Bixby, OK	6	5
#23	Midwest City, OK	6	5
#24	Bethany, OK	6	3
#25	Freising, OK	6	1

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	M. Bruce Welch	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	14
2	Michael D. Smith	Shawnee	Dallas Semiconductor	8
2	Max P. McDaniel	Bartlesville	Chevron	8
#4	Marvin M. Johnson	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	6
#4	Robert L. Carpenter	Tulsa	Zebco Holdings	6
#4	Rolf L. Geerts	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	6
#4	John A. Zurcher	Tulsa	Zebco Holdings	6
#4	Bruce B. Randolph	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	6
#9	Ramesh Varadaraj	Bartlesville	ExxonMobil	5
#9	Robert H. Martin	Oklahoma City	Electrolux Home Products	5
#11	Kent L. Zwayer	Tulsa	Zebco Division Of Brunswick	4
#11	Robert A. Magarian	Norman	Research Corporation Technologies	4
#11	Dong Ju Park	Oklahoma City	Kumho & Co.	4
#11	Joseph T. Pento	Norman	Research Corporation Technologies	4
#11	Charles A. Drake	Nowata	Phillips Petroleum	4
#11	Gil R. Hawley	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	4
#11	Michael L. Walker	Marlow	Halliburton	4
#11	Rickey D. Badley	Canton	Phillips Petroleum	4
#11	William R. Low	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	4
#11	John F. Swartz	Tulsa	Daig	4
#11	Jon S. Shryock	Bethany	Highland Supply	4
#22	Ronald E. Brown	Bartlesville	Phillips Petroleum	3
#22	Michael F. Henry	Broken Arrow	GE	3
#22	Vladimir Kovner	Oklahoma City	Seagate Technology	3
#22	Jimmie D. Weaver	Duncan	Halliburton Energy Services	3