Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Broken Arrow, OK ranks #1,500 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,243 patents from 587 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Broken Arrow, OK include Dell Products, H&L Tooth, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 19.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 587 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph Kozlowski Dell Products 56
2 Charles Clendenning H&L Tooth 43
3 Larry J. Parmeter Baker Hughes Holdings 41
#4 Michael F. Henry GE 40
#5 David Tanner Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 30
#6 Robert H. McCoy United Video Properties 28
#7 Gregory Phillips JPMorgan Chase 27
#8 Matthew Laster Navico Holding As 24
#8 Bruce C. Johnson Creative Integration & Design 24
#8 Vincent Shotton Dentsply Sirona 24
#11 Clifford H. Beall Baker Hughes Holdings 22
#11 Edward L. Simonds Thermal Dynamics 22
#13 Toby E. Smith Bed-Check 21
#13 Gregory Austin Davis Summit Esp 21
#13 Dennis Mark Lettkeman United States Gypsum 21
#13 James Christopher Clingman Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 21
#17 Qin Xin Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 20
#17 Gary Walker Vlsi Technology 20
#17 Scott C. Strattan Baker Hughes Holdings 20
#20 Gary Williams Williams Boot & Glove Dryers 19
#21 Joseph E. Vandevier Hughes Tool Company 18
#21 Kurt A. Hickey Baker Hughes Holdings 18
#21 Aaron R. Coleman Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 18
#21 Jerald J. Hinkel Schlumberger Technology 18
#21 Chuck Myers Hti Ip 18
#21 Ian R. Phillips N.J. Phillips Pty. Limited 18
#27 Wade A. Miller IBM 17
#27 John McDonald Zeeco 17
#27 Gary Donald Thompson Reel Power Licensing 17
#30 Brian T. Maguire Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 16
#31 Jeff Long American Ironhorse Motorcycle 15
#32 Michael K. Farney Millipore Investment Holdings 14
#32 Robert Lannert Multimedia Games 14
#34 Robert J. Lux, Jr. NVIDIA 13
#34 Thomas S. Myerley Baker Hughes Holdings 13
#34 Konner Casey Kay Gd Energy Products 13
#34 Richard T. Waibel John Zink Company 13
#38 Matthew W. Logan The Johns Hopkins University 12
#38 Jiyang Yan Eaton 12
#38 Ronald H. Griffin Hayward Industries 12
#38 Daniel P. Rimmer Canadian Occidental Petroleum 12
#42 Frederick B. Growcock M-I L.L.C. 11
#42 Robert D. Bagby W.C. Bradley/Zebco Holdings 11
#42 Curtis Schmidt 3M 11
#42 John C. Hale Evergreen International Aviation 11
#42 Michael R. Rumbaugh Baker Hughes Holdings 11
#42 John L. Strelow Oklahoma Safety Equipment Company 11
#42 John Whitworth Ciba Specialty Chemicals 11
#49 Lucas Dale Steward Navico Holding As 10
#49 Jason Ives Baker Hughes Holdings 10

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