Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Olathe, KS ranks #319 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 378 patents from 140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Olathe, KS include Sprint Spectrum, Sprint Communications, Garmin. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jasinder P. Singh Sprint Spectrum 47
2 Suryanarayanan Ramamurthy Sprint Spectrum 20
3 Andrew M. Wurtenberger Sprint Communications 16
#4 Michael K. Bugenhagen 15
#5 Jason R. Delker Sprint Communications 13
#5 Rajil Malhotra Sprint Communications 13
#7 Mark Douglas Peden Sprint Communications 10
#8 Warren B. Cope Sprint Communications 9
#9 Trevor Daniel Shipley Sprint Communications 8
#10 Jagannath Ghoshal Sprint Communications 7
#10 Rajveen Narendran Sprint Spectrum 7
#12 Carl J. Persson Sprint Communications 6
#12 John E. Belser Sprint Communications 6
#14 Nicolas A. Nehme Antoun Sprint Spectrum 5
#14 David Rondeau 5
#16 Robin D. Katzer Sprint Communications 4
#16 Nicolas A. Nehme Antoun 4
#16 David F. Lammers-Meis Garmin 4
#16 Andrew M. Trammel University of California 4
#16 Brent E. Barberis Htc 4
#16 Derrick D. Lenz Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 4
#16 Todd P. Register Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 4
#16 Bhanu Prakash Voruganti Sprint Communications 4
#16 Juhee Lee Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 4
#25 Justin A. Martin Sprint Communications 3
#25 Jason Salge Sprint Communications 3
#25 Mark D. Leonard Sprint Communications 3
#25 Matthew P. Hund Sprint Communications 3
#25 Christa L. Minks-Brown Sprint Communications 3
#25 Frederick C. Rogers Sprint Communications 3
#25 Jeffrey M. Sweeney 3
#25 Chris Winsor Nexus Medical 3
#25 Rajesh Kumar Nautiyal Sprint Communications 3
#34 Tyler Sharp Packsize 2
#34 John M. Heinz 2
#34 Shane R. Werner Sprint Communications 2
#34 Geoffrey A. Holmes Sprint Communications 2
#34 Zheng Song Lynk 2
#34 Donald A. Marx Interconnect Devices 2
#34 Christine Denise Schumaker Sprint Communications 2
#34 Nathan A. Smith Reliance Jio Infocomm Usa 2
#34 Arun Santharam Sprint Spectrum 2
#34 Daniel E. Bowen, III The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
#34 Mark B. Emge Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 2
#34 Ted D. Mabie 2
#34 Steven R. Walton The Boeing 2
#34 Jennifer E. Golden University Of Kansas 2
#34 Dwight Edward Patton Sprint Communications 2
#34 Daniel Stewart Broyles Sprint Communications 2
#34 William D. Aronson B/E Aerospace 2

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