Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, MO ranks #5,593 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 18 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, MO include Air Distribution Technologies Ip, Honeywell, Toyota. That works out to 0.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy A. Vogel Air Distribution Technologies Ip 2
1 William Oliver Craig Honeywell 2
1 Michael James Toyota 2
1 Michael L. Bryson Building Materials Investment 2
#5 Timothy D. Noel Clay And Bailey Manufacturing 1
#5 Jorge Garcia Cambro Manufacturing 1
#5 Roger E. Billings Unknown 1
#5 Robert A. Covey Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 1
#5 Sharon Sherry 1
#5 Garry E. Baxter John Deere 1
#5 Timothy Mallett Cummins 1
#5 John A. Billings 1
#5 John Shelley US Army 1
#5 Clayton E. Barber 1

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