Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, KS ranks #6,415 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 15 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, KS include John Deere, Haier Us Appliance Solutions. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lisa R. Lloyd John Deere 11
2 Clayton G. Janasek John Deere 2
3 Abdel Hamad Haier Us Appliance Solutions 1
3 Isaiah Janzen John Deere 1

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