Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ardmore, OK ranks #4,845 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 558 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ardmore, OK include Kerr Machine, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 22.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark S. Nowell Kerr Machine 76
2 John Keith Kerr Machine 63
3 Brandon Scott Ayres Kerr Machine 35
#4 Richard A. Dixon Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 32
#5 Michael Eugene May Kerr Machine 30
#6 Anthony Palmer Halliburton Energy Services 28
#7 Lori D. Jones Inmar Clearing 19
#8 Mark S. Britton Thru Tubing Solutions 14
#9 Fang Chen Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 13
#10 Mike Burns Pablo 10
#10 Kirankumar Mysore Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 10
#10 Vincent Sewalt Pioneer (Corteva) 10
#13 Michael T. Murray Safran Seats Usa 9
#14 Martha Post-Beittenmiller Calgene 8
#15 Zengyu Wang Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 7
#15 Dwight David Anderson Hector Tile Company 7
#17 Jinyuan Liu Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 6
#17 Maria Harrison Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 6
#17 Rudolph P. Wilkinson 6
#20 Gregory J. Maddox 5
#20 Cade Wilson RTX (Raytheon) 5
#20 Christopher L. Steele Hoffmann-La Roche 5
#23 Andrew W. Marr, Jr. Biocon 4
#23 Robert Moore Atlas Roofing 4
#23 Sam Farris 4
#23 Stephen J. Hadwin 3M 4
#23 Kenneth L. Gee Noble Research Institute 4
#23 Zarir VAGHCHHIPAWALA University Of Nebraska 4
#23 Michael Cole Thomas Kerr Machine 4
#30 Jiangqi Wen Curators Of The University Of Missouri 3
#30 Shyamal Talukder California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation 3
#30 Alvin Watson Eaton 3
#30 Danielle Brown 3
#30 R. J. Maddox 3
#30 Steven P. Rhines Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 3
#30 Travis Day Lockheed Martin 3
#30 Timothy Dighton 3
#30 Shaohui Yin 3
#30 Will E. Haley Halliburton Energy Services 3
#30 Nancy L. Paiva Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 3
#30 Jerome VERDIER Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 3
#30 Kelly Craven Noble Research Institute 3
#43 Prasun Ray Noble Research Institute 2
#43 Edward S. Gillespie Imtec 2
#43 Lloyd W. Sumner Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2
#43 Dong-Man Khu Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2
#43 Maria J. Monteros Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2
#43 Elison Blancaflor Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2
#43 Michale W. Haggard 2
#43 Jeffrey Ebberts 2

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