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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

De Queen, AR ranks #13,013 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 133 patents from 57 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in De Queen, AR include Albemarle, Emerson Electric, IBM. That works out to 21.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 57 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George H. Ransford Albemarle 13
2 Richard E. Hartsfield, Jr. Emerson Electric 11
3 Lawrence M. Jenkins Albemarle 8
#4 Daniel Alan Wood IBM 7
#4 Gary D. Focht Albemarle 7
#6 George Brandon Foshee 4
#6 Gary L. Sharp Ethyl 4
#6 Earl McDonald IBM 4
#6 James R. Barringer Ethyl 4
#10 Phillip R. DeVrou Albemarle 3
#10 Hans Wolf-Watz Symbicom Aktiebolag 3
#10 Kenneth C. Lesher Ethyl 3
#10 Hubert M. Doss Unknown 3
#10 David Edward Raposa Albemarle 3
#10 Steve D. Tull 3
#10 Burt T. Hampton Unknown 3
#10 Kristopher Ray Young Cummins 3
#18 Samuel Hall Alumax 2
#18 Colin Talbot 2
#18 Alford Odell Hoover 2
#18 Charles T. Bounds Ethyl 2
#18 Timothy O. Hampton Unknown 2
#18 Thomas J. Callender Albemarle 2
#18 Stephen Gary Weaver 2
#25 Harvard Jasper Bryan 1
#25 Rhett P. Heeb Albemarle 1
#25 George H. Ransford 1
#25 James C. Holly Ethyl 1
#25 William J. Cranston, III Albemarle 1
#25 Van G. Gaines 1
#25 Herman H. Waters Alumax 1
#25 George A. Ransford 1
#25 Charles M. Burdine 1
#25 Lloyd H. Cary 1
#25 M. L. Green 1
#25 Eugene W. Wood 1
#25 Weldon E. Young Atlantic Richfield 1
#25 Clavin M. Porter 1
#25 Eddie M. Stephens Ethyl 1
#25 Sidney Cawyer 1
#25 Porter W. Gregory Ethyl 1
#25 Harold E. Schulz Ethyl 1
#25 L. Carroll 1
#25 Clint Elliot Nelson 1
#25 Max Jerald Story 1
#25 Danielle Kristen Garrett Albemarle 1
#25 Tammy B. Downs 1
#25 Leon M. Ryan 1
#25 B. Gary McKinnie Albemarle 1
#25 Dru J. Manuel Albemarle 1

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