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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arkansas ranks #39 among US states for total patents filed in 2023, with 1,015 patents from 662 inventors across 93 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 2023

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Bentonville, AR 174 126
#2 Fayetteville, AR 114 83
#3 Little Rock, AR 111 76
#4 Rogers, AR 82 51
#5 Centerton, AR 52 31
#6 Conway, AR 49 23
#7 Maddux Spring, AR 38 17
#8 Springdale, AR 33 20
#9 Pleasant Valley, AR 31 8
#10 Jonesboro, AR 18 16
#11 Berryville, AR 16 13
#12 Barling, AR 16 14
#13 Cave Springs, AR 15 11
#14 Mayflower, AR 15 8
#15 West Marche, AR 14 6
#16 North Little Rock, AR 13 9
#17 Batesville, AR 10 6
#18 Dean Springs, AR 8 2
#19 Helmissenstraat, AR 8 4
#20 Lowell, AR 8 5
#21 Russellville, AR 8 6
#22 Bay, AR 8 4
#23 Elzenlaan, AR 7 1
#24 Arkadelphia, AR 7 3
#25 Sherwood, AR 7 4

Top Inventors in Arkansas 2023

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 David Martin Nelms Rogers Walmart Apollo 12
2 Brandon Wayne Murphy Little Rock First Orion 9
3 Todd D. Mattingly Bentonville Walmart Apollo 8
3 Jay Todd Callaway Conway First Orion 8
#5 James Benjamin Edwards Centerton Walmart Apollo 7
#5 Brian C. Roth Bentonville Walmart Apollo 7
#5 Paul E. Durkee Centerton Walmart Apollo 7
#5 Jason Aaron Long Elzenlaan Mertec 7
#5 Christopher Stockman Pleasant Valley Commscope Technologies 7
#5 John J. O'Brien Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 7
#11 Benjamin Micah Spahn Dean Springs Pruitt Tool & Supply 6
#11 Bruce W. Wilkinson Rogers Walmart Apollo 6
#11 Daniel Martin Fayetteville Wolfspeed 6
#11 Heidi Stojanovic Maddux Spring L&P Property Management 6
#11 Matthew Jack Beckham Conway First Orion 6
#16 Susan Clare Robinson Fayetteville The Gillette Company 5
#16 Robert James Taylor Rogers Walmart Apollo 5
#16 Minh Le Bentonville Capital One Services 5
#16 Gregory B. Walz West Marche Molex 5
#16 Benjamin D. Enssle Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 5
#16 John Reuben Clark Fayetteville University Of Arkansas 5
#16 Robert A. Hill Dover Nyse Holdings 5
#16 Greg A. Bryan Centerton Walmart Apollo 5
#16 David Blair Brightwell Pleasant Valley Walmart Apollo 5
#16 Martyn Parker Maddux Spring Pruitt Tool & Supply 5

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