Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kirkwood, MO ranks #3,242 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 37 patents from 31 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kirkwood, MO include Climate, Monsanto Technology, Aclaris Therapeutics. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–31 of 31 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charlotte Schaefer Climate 3
1 David R. Eaton Monsanto Technology 3
3 Susan L. Hockerman Aclaris Therapeutics 2
3 John Edwin TAVIS Saint Louis University 2
#5 D. Keith Knepper 1
#5 Jonathan Koller Oregon Health & Science University 1
#5 Brad Stengel Elira 1
#5 Robert Thomas Grothe Mastercard 1
#5 Michael Greig Stoll Bank of America 1
#5 Kelly M. Anderson Covidien Lp 1
#5 Allen Boldt Watlow Electric Manufacturing 1
#5 John B. McCormack The Boeing 1
#5 Brandt Wilson Dargue The Boeing 1
#5 Timothy Dierking Aclara Technologies 1
#5 Eric Martens The Boeing 1
#5 Paul J. Loida Monsanto Technology 1
#5 Richard William Wallen Mastercard 1
#5 Elysia K. Krieger Monsanto Technology 1
#5 Mark Carosello Mastercard 1
#5 Ryan P. Butler 1
#5 Maureen J. Donlin Saint Louis University 1
#5 Leane Darnold Roho 1
#5 Scott Harrington Intuitive Surgical 1
#5 David M. Neely The Boeing 1
#5 Adam Williams Aventura Hq 1
#5 Caimei Lu Tsg Technologies 1
#5 Scott Welz Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#5 Andrew T. LaCroix Instrotek 1
#5 David Hugh Williams Conquer Your Addiction 1
#5 John Pfeifer Fiskars 1
#5 Carol A. Jonak Mastercard 1

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