Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lawrence, KS ranks #786 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 160 patents from 101 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lawrence, KS include Qualcomm, University Of Kansas, Sprint Communications. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 101 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey Junhao Xu Qualcomm 15
2 Jeffrey Aube University Of Kansas 4
2 Bret D. Sumner Sprint Communications 4
#4 Frank J. Schoenen University Of Kansas 3
#4 Marc Anthony Epard Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#4 Valentino J. Stella University Of Kansas 3
#4 Thomas Prisinzano University Of Kansas 3
#4 Jerald Frederic Johnson Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#4 Steven A. Rogers North Carolina State University 3
#4 John M. Neet Intraluminal Therapeutics 3
#4 Mark A. Metzger Schlumberger Technology 3
#4 Joshua Koenig Sprint Communications 3
#4 Alexei V. Nikitin Avatekh 3
#4 Robert Leon Lutes Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#15 Kaley Tesdahl Lynk 2
#15 Kevin Frankowski University Of Kansas 2
#15 Denise S. Simpson University Of Kansas 2
#15 David B. Grosko Payless Shoesource Worldwide 2
#15 Frank J. Schoenen 2
#15 William C. Patt Warner-Lambert Company 2
#15 Jason Holzmueller Schlumberger Technology 2
#15 Tausif Ur Rehman 2
#15 Timothy Caldwell Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 2
#15 Nicholas Pedersen Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 2
#15 Sayak Datta Schlumberger Technology 2
#15 Atiq Rehman Medicure International 2
#15 Patrick Zhiyuan Ma Schlumberger Technology 2
#15 Nathan M. Schwermann Sprint Communications 2
#15 William Goertzen Schlumberger Technology 2
#15 Carl Francis Masters Trex Company 2
#15 Sukhaswami Malladi Hill'S Pet Nutrition 2
#32 C. Russell Middaugh Sanofi Pasteur Biologics 1
#32 Robert M. Carroll Payless Shoesource Worldwide 1
#32 Kent A. Pennybaker Environmental Purification 1
#32 Corey W Stone 1
#32 Scott Wise Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 1
#32 Dane Jennison Brown Industries 1
#32 Bryce White Brown Industries 1
#32 Daniel V. Aillon 1
#32 George S. Wilson University Of Kansas 1
#32 Sophie Govetto Schlumberger Technology 1
#32 Prabhu Ramamoorthy University Of Kansas 1
#32 John H. Bennett, III Sprint Communications 1
#32 John Hardman, JR. 1
#32 Scott Coons Lexmark International Technology Sarl 1
#32 Steven Curtis Zicker Hill'S Pet Nutrition 1
#32 Peter A. Petillo Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 1
#32 Brian Hayward Sprint Communications 1
#32 Judy Z. Wu University Of Kansas 1
#32 Sunil A. David University Of Kansas 1

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