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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Belton, MO ranks #8,746 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 243 patents from 75 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Belton, MO include Sprint Communications, Honeywell, Hantover. That works out to 10.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 75 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kenneth W. Samson Sprint Communications 52
2 Seth Hartman Honeywell 15
3 Bernard G. Huff Hantover 13
#4 Roy Curtis Cunningham Carriage Works 9
#5 Dan Schwartz Celeritasworks 8
#5 James Cline Lumexis 8
#7 Wilburn D. Everman Edtech Co. 7
#7 Neal L. Patterson Oracle 7
#9 Christopher S. Spies Accessible Technologies 6
#9 Lisa K. McLellan 6
#9 Jason Hill Acton 6
#12 Brian E. Ismert Sioux Chief Mfg. Co. 5
#13 Jeff Allen Canfield Bha Altair. 4
#13 Jason Alexander Roberts 4
#15 Charles Herring 3
#15 Robert Huggins US Air Force 3
#15 Russell W. Clark Stimsonite 3
#15 Larry J. Henry 3
#15 Dan C. Dimmitt 3
#15 Brian Jackson Actuate 3
#15 Christopher Beattie 3
#15 Christopher Lee Moncrief Sprint Communications 3
#15 Deborah Taylor State Farm 3
#24 Timothy Richard Hoffman Ms Electronics 2
#24 Robert Hedges US Dept of Energy 2
#24 Dino Randy Smith, Jr. Air Distribution Technologies Ip 2
#24 Matthew Berkland Hrb Innovations 2
#24 Jason Cristoffer Welch Bha Altair. 2
#24 Rodney J. Stoverink Sprint Communications 2
#24 William E. Drennen Sprint Communications 2
#24 Morris Crosby Stone Container 2
#24 Betty J. Coonrod 2
#24 Kevin A. Washam Marlen Research 2
#24 Lawrence Lucky 2
#24 Jerehmiah Jessee-Lantz Oracle 2
#24 Ryand Jeremy Ferguson Tucker Honeywell 2
#24 Sharon Walker Sprint Communications 2
#38 Sham Agayev 1
#38 Jesse Lowe Alibaba 1
#38 J. Wayne Willey, deceased 1
#38 Mitchell E. Wilson Innovation 1
#38 Larry L. Mellinger 1
#38 Frank Dugan Kerr 1
#38 Robert Eugene Dahman Sprint Communications 1
#38 Dan Aeschliman B/E Aerospace 1
#38 Craig Crosswait B/E Aerospace 1
#38 Russell R. McDonough 1
#38 Lara L. Ryan 1
#38 G. Douglas Morlok AT&T 1
#38 Lesley Young 1

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