Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Missouri ranks #24 among US states for total patents filed in 2021, with 3,874 patents from 2,600 inventors across 246 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Missouri 2021

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Chesterfield, MO 1,106 754
#2 Kansas City, MO 289 201
#3 Columbia, MO 200 122
#4 Holden, MO 145 100
#5 Wildwood, MO 127 68
#6 Ballwin, MO 125 79
#7 O'Fallon, MO 123 76
#8 Saint Peters, MO 102 69
#9 Lee's Summit, MO 91 58
#10 Saint Louis, MO 50 41
#11 Parkville, MO 49 22
#12 Rolla, MO 49 37
#13 Fenton, MO 45 24
#14 Springfield, MO 45 37
#15 Wentzville, MO 44 34
#16 Webster Groves, MO 43 31
#17 Manchester, MO 42 23
#18 Creve Coeur, MO 41 22
#19 Kirkwood, MO 37 31
#20 Eureka, MO 33 14
#21 Liberty, MO 33 19
#22 Florissant, MO 32 27
#23 Saint Charles, MO 29 18
#24 Joplin, MO 29 17
#25 Maryland Heights, MO 27 22

Top Inventors in Missouri 2021

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Donald R. High Noel Walmart Apollo 15
1 David L. Price Eureka Monsanto Technology 15
3 Jeffrey J. Stapleton O'Fallon Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 12
#4 Gregory Lee Storm Parkville Advanced New Technologies Co. 11
#5 Kevin Krueger Fenton Anchor Packaging 10
#5 Mike Pohlman Manchester Anchor Packaging 10
#5 Douglas A. Graff Teresita State Farm 10
#8 Gerold L. Mosher Kansas City Cydex Pharmaceuticals 9
#8 David William Kleinbeck Lee's Summit Digital Global Systems 9
#10 Xu Han Columbia Apple 8
#10 Robert Stephen Douglass Wildwood Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 8
#10 Kaoru Kumagai Platte City Topcon 8
#10 Bill L. Miller Labadie Purina Animal Nutrition 8
#14 Gregg Bogosian Chesterfield Newleaf Symbiotics 7
#14 Richard B. Dorshow Ballwin Mallinckrodt 7
#14 Fielding B. Staton Liberty Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 7
#14 Matthew John Lawrenson Chesterfield Ericsson 7
#14 Nilesh Dighe Chesterfield Monsanto Technology 7
#14 Michael Connors Chesterfield Keurig Green Mountain 7
#14 Matthew R. MacEwan Chesterfield Washington University 7
#14 Curtis Davis Chesterfield Uhnder 7
#22 Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. Fayette Aob Products 6
#22 Matthew Kinamore Columbia Aob Products 6
#22 Shawn George Thomas Chesterfield Globalwafers Co. 6
#22 David W. Miles Kansas City Silvergate Pharmaceuticals 6

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