Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ferguson, MO ranks #12,536 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 141 patents from 40 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ferguson, MO include Biomet Manufacturing, Hunter Engineering, Emerson Electric. That works out to 7.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–40 of 40 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan E. Belcher Biomet Manufacturing 26
2 Timothy A. Larson Hunter Engineering 15
3 Eugene F. Hildebrandt Emerson Electric 14
#4 Michael Bolster Harman International Industries, Incorporated 9
#5 Curtis D. Kinghorn Medtronic 8
#6 Janet B. Wilking Mallinckrodt Medical 6
#6 Travis Canup Boise Cascade 6
#6 George B. Hoey Mallinckrodt 6
#9 Robert A. Nicolotti Mallinckrodt 5
#9 Michael Hardin Brake Parts 5
#11 Alvin W. Mueller 4
#12 David Oburn Pharmacia 3
#12 Vern Alway Gould 3
#14 Blake Ashby 2
#14 Michael Isom Unknown 2
#14 David P. Hozeska American Sterilizer 2
#14 John H. Stade Mallinckrodt 2
#18 Emil Madorin 1
#18 Justin William Ohms 1
#18 Frederick W. Vortmeier 1
#18 Dennis M. Doherty 1
#18 Merlin Libby Esco Electronics 1
#18 Barton Moenster 1
#18 James T. Carpenter Emerson Electric 1
#18 Rosa M. Williams 1
#18 George R. Rawlinson 1
#18 Charles W. Werntz Alvey 1
#18 Ermalinda O. Cooke, administratrix Allied Chemical 1
#18 David E. Beckham 1
#18 Julius C. Munie 1
#18 Sally LaGesse 1
#18 Ernest Smallwood 1
#18 Bidwell C. Cranage Allied Healthcare Products 1
#18 Michael F. LaGesse 1
#18 Harry H. Arkebauer 1
#18 Leonard E. Stephenson US Air Force 1
#18 Joy M. Williams 1
#18 William Rex CLINGAN Mallinckrodt 1
#18 Anita M. Frevert-Thompson Divergence 1
#18 James L. McAfee 1

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