Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Missouri ranks #24 among US states for total patents filed in 2020, with 4,342 patents from 2,681 inventors across 251 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Missouri 2020

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Chesterfield, MO 1,332 829
#2 Kansas City, MO 285 201
#3 Columbia, MO 181 112
#4 O'Fallon, MO 179 93
#5 Holden, MO 165 92
#6 Ballwin, MO 143 83
#7 Wildwood, MO 136 66
#8 Lee's Summit, MO 107 68
#9 Saint Peters, MO 96 64
#10 Saint Louis, MO 70 36
#11 Fenton, MO 64 27
#12 Springfield, MO 62 36
#13 Rolla, MO 51 41
#14 Webster Groves, MO 48 32
#15 Noel, MO 42 1
#16 Liberty, MO 39 15
#17 Creve Coeur, MO 39 20
#18 Kirkwood, MO 35 24
#19 Parkville, MO 35 20
#20 University City, MO 34 23
#21 Maryland Heights, MO 34 27
#22 Saint Charles, MO 31 11
#23 Wentzville, MO 31 26
#24 Manchester, MO 30 24
#25 Blue Springs, MO 27 17

Top Inventors in Missouri 2020

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Donald R. High Noel Walmart Apollo 42
2 Bryce G. Rutter Saint Louis Star Luminal 23
3 Tucker P. Brown Chesterfield Star Luminal 19
#4 Eric C. Leuthardt Chesterfield The Invention Science Fund I 18
#5 Fielding B. Staton Liberty Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 16
#6 Douglas A. Graff Teresita State Farm 15
#7 Jeffrey J. Stapleton O'Fallon Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 14
#8 David Strumpf Columbia Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 13
#8 Stanislaw Flasinski Ballwin Monsanto Technology 13
#10 Gregg D. Scheller Wildwood Katalyst Surgical 12
#10 Nengbing Tao O'Fallon Monsanto Technology 12
#10 Matthew John Lawrenson Chesterfield Ericsson 12
#13 Patrick J. Kinlen Fenton The Boeing 11
#14 Kaoru Kumagai Platte City Topcon 10
#14 Slobodan Trifunovic Chesterfield Monsanto Technology 10
#14 Jonathan W. Joplin Chesterfield Express Scripts Strategic Development 10
#14 Bo Shi Olivette Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 10
#18 Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr. Fenton Rug Doctor 9
#18 Michael Peck Raymore Leaffilter North 9
#18 David William Kleinbeck Lee's Summit Digital Global Systems 9
#18 Dilip M. Shah Chesterfield RTX (Raytheon) 9
#18 David L. Price Eureka Monsanto Technology 9
#18 Stanley Anderson Fenton Rug Doctor 9
#18 Cristy C. Brooks Thompsons Corner Walmart Apollo 9
#18 Guohong Mao Chesterfield Conagen 9

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