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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bethany, OK ranks #8,520 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 252 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bethany, OK include Unknown, Highland Supply, Seagate Technology. That works out to 12.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lee H. Angros Unknown 80
2 Jon S. Shryock Highland Supply 31
3 Olen L. Riggs, Jr. 22
#4 Stephen R. Genheimer Seagate Technology 19
#5 Allan Dorn Roche Diagnostics Operations 12
#6 Loren Skarky Seagate Technology 6
#6 Greg Prickril Microsoft 6
#8 J. E. Kenneth Whitlock 5
#8 Joe Howard Meta 5
#8 James D. Gray Corken 5
#8 William Raphael Seagate Technology 5
#12 Gerald E. Hollingshead 3
#12 Kenneth A. Conley US Air Force 3
#12 Terry Mack NASA 3
#15 Bernard W. McGowan Unknown 2
#15 Donald H. Shell The Lamson & Sessions 2
#15 Barry C. Hargrove 2
#15 Marvin A. Ahlefeld 2
#15 Lawrence R. DeBell 2
#15 Melvin L. Kloefkorn 2
#15 Chii C. Lin 2
#15 James McDonald AT&T 2
#15 Louis R. Gordon 2
#15 Lawrence C. Sharp 2
#15 Paul Tan The Pham Microsoft 2
#15 Earl W. Kloefkorn, deceased 2
#27 Stefan Glass 1
#27 Robert D. Albrecht 1
#27 William H. Diepenbrock 1
#27 Darwin McGowan 1
#27 Michael D. Helderman 1
#27 Jim J. Clowser 1
#27 Garold O'Hair 1
#27 James M. Bench 1
#27 Chad Daniel Jaggers Oracle 1
#27 Barton John Looper 1
#27 Ernest F. Kulka AT&T 1
#27 Robert D. Horner 1
#27 Bettye J. Enterline 1
#27 Jack W. Balenseifen 1
#27 Melvin Baker 1
#27 Lawrence C. Thompson 1
#27 by Melvin L. Kloefkorn, heir 1
#27 Emory L. Danley 1
#27 Philip M. Cobb 1
#27 Naomi R. Gappa 1
#27 Robert G. Gappa 1
#27 Donald S. Arnold Kerr-Mcgee Chemical 1
#27 Donald J. Watson Magnetic Peripherals 1

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