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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clinton, MO ranks #12,824 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 136 patents from 43 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clinton, MO include Nationwide 5, Westinghouse Air Brake, Schreiber Foods. That works out to 14.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–43 of 43 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Thomas Nationwide 5 20
2 Gregory L. Johnston Westinghouse Air Brake 15
3 Cole A. Cumpton Schreiber Foods 8
#4 Charles Michael Ostendorf Rug Doctor 7
#4 Larry Creasy Laird Technologies 7
#4 David J. Winters 7-Sigma 7
#7 Thomas E. Weston Motorola 6
#7 Mary Kathleen Barrow Rival 6
#7 Patrick J. Wrob Rocking P 6
#10 Daniel W. Ferguson 3
#10 Gene Roberts 3
#10 Allen E. Cassin 3
#10 David L. Tebbe 3
#10 Thomas R. Stephenson Lockheed Martin 3
#10 Kent Douglas Williams Marshalltown Trowel 3
#10 Bryce D. Schellhorn Rival 3
#10 Siegfried J. Weigl Nortek Global Hvac 3
#18 R. Leon Wideman 2
#18 Russ Andrews 2
#18 Garrett L. Reed 2
#18 Allen W. Coggins 2
#22 Brad E. Wideman 1
#22 A. Aykut Ozgunay Rival Manufacturing 1
#22 Rickey K. Wilken Sunnen Products 1
#22 Pearly T. Hall 1
#22 Ronald F. Bradley 1
#22 Eugene E. Klund 1
#22 Earl J. Comstock 1
#22 Millard G. Ashbaugh 1
#22 Floyd D. Ellzey 1
#22 Sharon Ann Fritts 1
#22 Jerry LeRoy Fritts 1
#22 Michael Collar 1
#22 Kavin Wayne Jones The Holmes Group 1
#22 Cathleen M. Molkenbur 1
#22 Joshua A. Gilliland 1
#22 LaVonne Cule Unknown 1
#22 David W. Leroney 1
#22 John H. Snider 1
#22 Wilbur Caldwell 1
#22 Jackie Albin 1
#22 Braydon Roberts 1
#22 Ebbie Washburn 1

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