Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Norman, OK ranks #2,132 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 56 patents from 43 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Norman, OK include Dow Global Technologies, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Enterprise Electronics. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–43 of 43 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jie Cai Dow Global Technologies 3
1 Gary L. Rayburn Gore Enterprise Holdings 3
3 Ryan Michael May Enterprise Electronics 2
3 Pete Heinzelman Caltech 2
3 Grover Curtis Harris 2
3 James T. Johnson Weather Decision Technologies 2
3 Thomas N. Slavens RTX (Raytheon) 2
3 Hong Liu Msi Computer (Shenzhen) Co. 2
3 Alexander V. Ryzhkov Enterprise Electronics 2
3 John E. Fagan Gray Manufacturing Company 2
3 Michael B. Santos University Of Oklahoma 2
#12 Aaron Noakes GE 1
#12 Stephen B. Pickle Johnson Controls Technology 1
#12 John K. Antonio University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Caleb Creed Weather Decision Technologies 1
#12 Tetsuya Mishima University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Xuechao Yu Weather Decision Technologies 1
#12 Michael G. Gay Schlumberger Technology 1
#12 Grant Biedermann National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 1
#12 Michael Eilts Weather Decision Technologies 1
#12 Boon Leng Cheong University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Ming-Hong Xie Genentech 1
#12 Tibor Siklosi Bergan 1
#12 Harold L. Stalford Microzeus 1
#12 Duane M. Eagen Safoco 1
#12 Joseph Michael Sparkman 1
#12 Kenneth Richard Marold 1
#12 Yoshi K. Sasaki University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 R. Darrin Cartwright Baron Services 1
#12 Kevin Hochman AT&T 1
#12 Luis Filipe Ferreira Neves University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Raymond Wong Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 1
#12 Matthew Gaffner Weather Decision Technologies 1
#12 Norman J. Blanton Johnson Controls Technology 1
#12 Jizhong Zhou Shenyang Sinochem Agrochemicals R&D Co. 1
#12 James Pingelton 1
#12 Yuchao Jiang University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Robert D. Palmer University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Michael Detamore University Of Kansas 1
#12 Robert T. Hinkey 1
#12 Daniel E. Resasco University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Redmond Clay Kelley University Of Oklahoma 1
#12 Friedrich Michael Haller Novo Nordisk Health Care Ag 1

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