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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arkansas ranks #40 among US states for total patents filed in 2022, with 882 patents from 627 inventors across 94 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.

Top Cities in Arkansas 2022

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Bentonville, AR 134 106
#2 Fayetteville, AR 115 83
#3 Little Rock, AR 103 77
#4 Rogers, AR 78 58
#5 Springdale, AR 38 21
#6 Pleasant Valley, AR 30 6
#7 Centerton, AR 29 21
#8 Barling, AR 29 19
#9 Conway, AR 29 23
#10 Maddux Spring, AR 27 15
#11 Berryville, AR 26 21
#12 Jonesboro, AR 13 9
#13 North Little Rock, AR 12 7
#14 Helmissenstraat, AR 11 6
#15 Lowell, AR 11 8
#16 Hot Springs, AR 11 8
#17 Russellville, AR 10 5
#18 Mayflower, AR 9 8
#19 Malvern, AR 8 4
#20 Prairie Grove, AR 7 5
#21 Greenwood, AR 6 2
#22 Cave Springs, AR 6 6
#23 Batesville, AR 6 3
#24 Dean Springs, AR 5 3
#25 Dover, AR 5 2

Top Inventors in Arkansas 2022

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Christopher Stockman Pleasant Valley Commscope Technologies 9
2 John J. O'Brien Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 7
3 Tim Yeaman Russellville Safe Foods 6
3 Zachary Springer Bentonville Walmart Apollo 6
3 Greg A. Bryan Centerton Walmart Apollo 6
#6 David Blair Brightwell Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 5
#6 Michael Steven Byars Fayetteville Duke Technologies 5
#6 Chester E. Duffield, III Malvern Dayco Ip Holdings 5
#6 Brice McPherson Fayetteville Wolfspeed 5
#6 Aaron Marcus Johnson Rogers Walmart Apollo 5
#6 Todd D. Mattingly Bentonville Walmart Apollo 5
#6 Cris Braun Helmissenstraat Pruitt Tool & Supply 5
#6 Grant Pruitt Maddux Spring Pruitt Tool & Supply 5
#6 Justin Massey North Little Rock Safe Foods 5
#6 Michael D. Ackerson Fayetteville Duke Technologies 5
#6 Benjamin D. Enssle Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 5
#17 John Reuben Clark Fayetteville University Of Arkansas 4
#17 Christopher Spencer Walnut Hill Lutron Technology Company 4
#17 James Ruff Springdale Tyson Foods 4
#17 Chad Michael Helms Berryville Haier Us Appliance Solutions 4
#17 Willie L. Scott, II Hot Springs IBM 4
#17 Cynthia Owen Black Rock GE 4
#17 Robert A. Hill Dover Nyse Holdings 4
#17 Kenneth Calvin Hyatt Springdale International Paper 4
#17 David Martin Nelms Rogers Walmart Apollo 4

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