Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fayetteville, AR ranks #1,371 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,452 patents from 605 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fayetteville, AR include Walmart Apollo, University Of Arkansas, Wolfspeed. That works out to 26.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 605 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nicholaus A. Jones Walmart Apollo 173
2 Aaron J. Vasgaard Walmart Apollo 71
3 John Reuben Clark University Of Arkansas 68
#4 Brice McPherson Wolfspeed 52
#5 Billy Hargis University Of Arkansas 44
#6 James N. Moore University Of Arkansas 41
#7 Michael D. Ackerson Duke Technologies 33
#8 Michael Steven Byars Duke Technologies 27
#8 Ching-Whan Ko Ineos Bio Limited 27
#10 Allen M. Hermann University Of Arkansas 26
#11 Anthony E. Lannutti Dayco Ip Holdings 25
#12 Zhengzhi Sheng University Of Arkansas 24
#13 Xiaogang Peng University Of Arkansas 23
#13 Rahul Basu Coskata 23
#13 Jimmie R. Clark Walmart Apollo 23
#16 Ryan Senaratne Ineos Bio Sa 21
#17 Lowell J. Underwood University Of Arkansas 20
#18 Brandon Passmore Cree Fayetteville 19
#18 Matthew Dwain Biermann Walmart Apollo 19
#18 Jamie Hestekin University Of Kentucky 19
#18 Daniel Martin Wolfspeed 19
#22 John R. Fraley Siemens Energy 18
#23 Joseph Terminella Pacmac 17
#24 Frank Terminella Pacmac 16
#24 Yanbin Li University Of Arkansas 16
#24 Susan Clare Robinson The Gillette Company 16
#24 Joshua Sakon University Of Arkansas 16
#24 Philip A. Moore, Jr. USDA 16
#29 Emanuele Terminella Pacmac 15
#29 William D. Brown University Of Arkansas 15
#29 John Moore Microsoft 15
#29 Lisa Bielke University Of Arkansas 15
#33 Robert Beitle 13
#33 David Williamson Courtaulds Films (Holdings) Limited 13
#33 Robert Shaw Cree Fayetteville 13
#33 Edgar C. Clausen Bioengineering Resources 13
#37 Charles L. Goforth Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies 12
#37 Robert Friedman Virtual Satellite 12
#37 William Ray Craft Standard Enterprises 12
#37 Ingrid Fritsch 12
#37 Billy D. Goforth Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies 12
#37 David Lee Mantooth Tyson Foods 12
#37 Pengyin Chen 12
#44 Walter Bottje University Of Arkansas 11
#44 Paul D. Reagan Siemens Energy & Automation 11
#44 David Battaglia University Of Arkansas 11
#47 Syrona R. Scott Ineos Bio Sa 10
#47 Charles David Berry Walmart Apollo 10
#47 Carl V. Wikstrom Bioengineering Resources 10
#47 Don Ray Craft Standard Enterprises 10

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