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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, MO ranks #3,726 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 29 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, MO include Sonnax Transmission, Missouri State University, Mercy Medical Research Institute. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James A. Dial Sonnax Transmission 2
2 R. Gordon McAfee 1
2 Samantha Sellars Missouri State University 1
2 Andrew Tangonan Mercy Medical Research Institute 1
2 Zachariah D. Terhark 1
2 Nikolay Gerasimchuk Pharmacyclics 1
2 Robert W. McBride Stamina Products 1
2 Kevin Ellison Digital Monitoring Products 1
2 Kenneth Wall Reyco Granning 1
2 William W. Speer Contitech Antriebssysteme Gmbh 1
2 Bharat Shah Mercy Medical Research Institute 1
2 Keela Davis Mercy Medical Research Institute 1
2 Jeanette Hyams 1
2 Curtis Lane Prichard 1
2 Cameron Eaton Monolith 1
2 Joel Butler Dolby Laboratories Licensing 1
2 Mark Burns Preformed Line Products 1
2 Tyler Rogers Stamina Products 1
2 Kevin Gerschefske Stamina Products 1
2 William H. Lach 1
2 Kumar Vedantham Mercy Medical Research Institute 1
2 Frank Fleming Rsr Technologies 1
2 Stephanie Lynch International Dehydrated Foods 1
2 Daniel Reed Cnh Industrial America 1
2 Travis Edward Langevin The Procter & Gamble 1
2 Michael Hyams 1
2 Robert Evans 1
2 Michael James Donelson Donelson Construction Co. 1

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