Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbia, MO ranks #828 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,039 patents from 885 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbia, MO include Apple, Aob Products, Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.. That works out to 32.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 885 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Xu Han Apple 79
2 Kyle Martin Aob Products 73
3 Matthew Kinamore Aob Products 72
#4 David Strumpf Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. 69
#5 John Schnell Black & Decker 59
#6 Gregory J. Della Rocca Intellectual Ventures 55
#7 Justin Burke Aob Products 54
#8 Mark Dalton Aob Products 53
#8 Curtis Smith Aob Products 53
#10 Anthony Vesich Aob Products 49
#11 Brian Steere Aob Products 48
#12 William A. Planck Crimson Trace 42
#13 James L. Cook Arthrex 37
#14 Charles E. Tharp Environmental Dynamics 35
#15 Michael Lindsay Aob Products 33
#16 Michael Poehlman Battenfeld Technologies 30
#16 Ryan Paul Donahue Crimson Trace 30
#18 Kyle E. Hoffmann Altec Industries 29
#19 Russell A. Potterfield Battenfeld Technologies 27
#20 Ali Adel Hussam Comcast 26
#20 James Clement Bishop Biomerieux 26
#22 Tim Meissen Crimson Trace 25
#22 Wynn A. Volkert Curators Of The University Of Missouri 25
#22 Meng-Chun Chen ITRI 25
#22 Jerry Lee Atwood Bristol-Myers Squibb 25
#22 Robert Nichols Altec Industries 25
#27 Galen J. Suppes Curators Of The University Of Missouri 24
#27 Shubhra Gangopadhyay Curators Of The University Of Missouri 24
#29 Eric Ellis Watlow Electric Manufacturing 23
#30 Seth Wheeler Aob Products 22
#30 Wayne L. Soucie Orscheln 22
#32 Ryan Varnum Aob Products 21
#33 Randy D. Curry Curators Of The University Of Missouri 20
#34 Sumit Kumar Singh Qualcomm 19
#34 Kattesh V. Katti Curators Of The University Of Missouri 19
#36 Rahul Puri Bank of America 18
#36 Zbylut J. Twardowski Curators Of The University Of Missouri 18
#36 Kevin Smith Watlow Electric Manufacturing 18
#36 William Naber Altec Industries 18
#36 Philip Robert DiMuzio 22 Evolution 18
#41 John Oller Crimson Trace 17
#41 Yangyang Chen Intel 17
#41 Keshab Gangopadhyay Curators Of The University Of Missouri 17
#41 Derek Howard Disney 17
#41 Joel Yuodsnukis Aob Products 17
#46 Ted R. Dimitroff Lattice Intellectual Property 16
#46 John K. Critser Methodist Hospital Of Indiana 16
#46 Shane Ball Crimson Trace 16
#46 Kan Huang Toyota 16
#50 Gary J. Ehrhardt Curators Of The University Of Missouri 15

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