Kansas — Patent Inventors 2003

Top Cities in Kansas 2003

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Overland Park, KS	153	89
#2	Wichita, KS	147	101
#3	Lawrence, KS	69	49
#4	Olathe, KS	67	48
#5	Leawood, KS	59	31
#6	Lenexa, KS	45	32
#7	Manhattan, KS	30	27
#8	Topeka, KS	27	14
#9	Sabetha, KS	26	10
#10	Shawnee, KS	26	20
#11	Kansas City, KS	22	14
#12	Prairie Village, KS	16	13
#13	Minneapolis, KS	15	12
#14	Pittsburg, KS	13	11
#15	Valley Center, KS	13	4
#16	Derby, KS	11	11
#17	Val-de-Reuil, KS	11	1
#18	Tokyo, KS	10	1
#19	Andover, KS	9	6
#20	Inverness, KS	9	1
#21	Emporia, KS	8	6
#22	Salina, KS	8	6
#23	McPherson, KS	7	3
#24	Galva, KS	7	1
#25	Winfield, KS	7	5

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Torrence Anderson	Overland Park	Suncast Technologies	11
2	Robert A. Matousek	Valley Center	Royal Appliance Mfg.	10
3	William L. Wiley	Overland Park	Sprint Communications	8
#4	James Kimmerly	Leawood	—	7
#4	Dennis Westphal	Galva	Certainteed	7
#4	Douglas L. Cole	Topeka	Mikron Industries	7
#4	Michael A. Walker	Wichita	Micron	7
#4	Rodney A. DeKoning	Wichita	Lsi Logic	7
#4	John Larry Sanders	Leawood	Specialty Fertilizer Products	7
#10	Tracy Lee Nelson	Overland Park	Sprint Communications	6
#10	David F. Lammers-Meis	Olathe	Garmin	6
#10	David Laverick	Overland Park	Garmin	6
#10	Anand C. Burman	Lawrence	Dabur Research Foundation.	6
#14	Timothy R. Hartter	Sabetha	Wenger Manufacturing	5
#14	Chris Serslev	Overland Park	Lynk	5
#14	Richard B. Klein	Overland Park	Lynk	5
#14	Von K. McConnell	Leawood	Sprint Spectrum	5
#14	Gerald E. Schmelzle	Sabetha	Wenger Manufacturing	5
#14	Brian G. Schoenfish	Kansas City	Garmin	5
#14	Adrian L. Strahm	Sabetha	Wenger Manufacturing	5
#14	Gordon R. Huber	Sabetha	Wenger Manufacturing	5
#14	Joe E. Sternberger	Wichita	The Boeing	5
#14	Donald R. Humlicek	Wichita	Lsi Logic	5
#24	Gary P. Israel	Andover	Vornado Air	4
#24	Frank E. Cahill	Lenexa	Emerson Electric	4