Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbia, MO ranks #711 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 200 patents from 122 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbia, MO include Apple, Aob Products, Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 122 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Xu Han Apple 8
2 Matthew Kinamore Aob Products 6
2 Mark Dalton Aob Products 6
2 Anthony Vesich Aob Products 6
2 David Strumpf Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 6
#6 William A. Planck Crimson Trace 5
#6 James L. Cook Arthrex 5
#6 Brian Steere Aob Products 5
#6 Ryan Paul Donahue Crimson Trace 5
#6 Justin Burke Aob Products 5
#11 Kyle E. Hoffmann Altec Industries 4
#11 Kyle Martin Aob Products 4
#13 Kevin D. Wells Curators Of The University Of Missouri 3
#13 Joel Yuodsnukis Aob Products 3
#13 Curtis Smith Aob Products 3
#13 Mahmoud Almasri Curators Of The University Of Missouri 3
#13 Austin Graham Altec Industries 3
#13 Joseph Engelman Snap 3
#19 Kevin Smith Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#19 Da Li 2
#19 Marjorie Skubic Curators Of The University Of Missouri 2
#19 Hongmin Sun China Petroleum & Chemical 2
#19 Ali Adel Hussam Comcast 2
#19 Patrick Margavio Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#19 Karla J. Bier Gates 2
#19 Peter Pfeifer Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie 2
#19 Michael Poehlman Battenfeld Technologies 2
#19 Kan Huang Toyota 2
#19 Peter Scharf Curators Of The University Of Missouri 2
#19 Kristin M. Whitworth Curators Of The University Of Missouri 2
#19 Jordan Wilson 22 Evolution 2
#32 Chris Schwedtmann 1
#32 Marques King Altec Industries 1
#32 Jay Thelen Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#32 Jeffrey W. Akers 1
#32 Anandhi Upendran Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#32 Jonah Belanger 1
#32 Kevin Gillis Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#32 James Clement Bishop Biomerieux 1
#32 Jan Segert 1
#32 Jianli Pan Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#32 Ye Duan Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#32 Sandor Kormos Seasucker 1
#32 Majed El-Dweik 1
#32 William J. Schlacks, IV Equipmentshare.Com 1
#32 William Naber Altec Industries 1
#32 Ruicheng Shi Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#32 Wayne L. Soucie Orscheln 1
#32 Austin Dee Hinkle Hubbell Incorporated 1
#32 Licet Rosales Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1

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