Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bridgeton, MO ranks #7,022 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 337 patents from 97 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bridgeton, MO include Emerson Electric, Bissell Homecare, Brewer Science. That works out to 29.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 97 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew A. Williams Emerson Electric 47
2 Robert K. Howe 37
3 Melvin Joshua Leedle Bissell Homecare 33
#4 Jim D. Meador Brewer Science 15
#5 Michael D. Grassmuck Hussmann 7
#5 Jay S. Cantwell 7
#5 Homer E. Dillard 7
#5 Palle V. P. Pragnacharyulu State of Rhode Island 7
#9 Steve Schrader The Boeing 6
#10 Albert K. Grethey Umc Industries 5
#10 Thomas Hunot Star Manufacturing International 5
#10 Audrey Y. Ku 5
#10 Michael Rolfes Vogelsang Gmbh & Co Kg 5
#10 Michael J. D'Hooge Curium Us 5
#10 Yeeling Lam AT&T 5
#10 Philip Rose Williams-Sonoma 5
#17 Calvin Walker Unknown 4
#17 James M. Urnes, Sr. The Boeing 4
#17 Charles E. Reedy Acf Industries Incorporated 4
#17 Russell W. Ball Mastercard 4
#17 Thomas CHANEY Roho 4
#17 Miguel A. Quartino The Hoyt/Easton Archery Company 4
#23 J. Stanley Whiteley The Boeing 3
#23 William C. Hogan Ralston Purina 3
#23 Jason Louis Mitchell 3
#23 Thomas C. Kilwin Unidynamics 3
#23 Dwayne Oliver Randle Scottrade 3
#23 Daniel P. Magparangalan Mallinckrodt 3
#23 Narciso Ocampo Doran, III Mallinckrodt 3
#23 John Carpenter The Colonel'S 3
#31 Sterling R. Kennedy 2
#31 Richard J. Wingerter The Boeing 2
#31 Alan W. Fiquette The Boeing 2
#31 Hugh H. Roder Boise Cascade 2
#31 John F. Enberg, Jr. The Boeing 2
#31 Oswaldo Carrillo Hussmann 2
#31 Stephen Schrader Kaltenbach & Voigt Gmbh 2
#31 David Bardin Unknown 2
#31 Santiago Solorio Solae Company 2
#31 Richard D. Keating Petrolite 2
#31 Shea Koch Pack Tee Turtle 2
#31 Adam L. Kehrer The Boeing 2
#31 Brandon W. Dell'Aringa American Sterilizer 2
#31 Ted Marler The Mart 2
#31 Barry Garofalo GE 2
#31 Robert N. Cox North Carolina State University 2
#31 Andrew J. Allman 2
#31 James L. Poblete The Boeing 2
#31 Michele A. Melton Pharmacia 2
#31 Zane Pinckney Anheuser-Busch 2

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