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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, KS ranks #10,902 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 176 patents from 54 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, KS include John Deere, Unknown, Haier Us Appliance Solutions. That works out to 20.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 54 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Clayton G. Janasek John Deere 23
2 Lisa R. Lloyd John Deere 17
3 Virgil Macaluso Unknown 11
#4 Abdel Hamad Haier Us Appliance Solutions 10
#4 Andrew D. Livingston Productization 10
#6 Galen R. Love John Deere 9
#7 Timothy W. Kaiser Cobalt Boats 8
#8 Douglas K. Brownell John Deere 6
#9 Brett L. Champlin Cobalt Boats 5
#9 Cayle D. Harmon-Moore John Deere 5
#11 Lashun O. Mowers John Deere 4
#11 Nicolas Ballesteros Velasco Cobalt Boats 4
#13 Fred L. Mount 3
#13 Eric Lancaster Lifescan 3
#13 Robert W. Egleston Brunswick 3
#13 Timothy D. Rice 3
#13 Bijoy Thomas 3
#13 Corey Lowdon Unknown 3
#13 Ricardo Arellano 3
#20 Hughie M. Clay The Sherwin-Williams 2
#20 Kim Slocum Cobalt Boats 2
#20 Floyd LaVern Vestal Lock N Climb 2
#20 John Albright Parker-Hannifin 2
#20 Horace H. Compton Lafarge Canada 2
#20 Charles William Wilkerson, deceased Atlantic Richfield 2
#20 Stephen B. McBride 2
#20 Robert L. Brost Phillips Petroleum 2
#28 Zachariah E. Albert John Deere 1
#28 Steve Werner 1
#28 Tamela R. Barnard 1
#28 Garrett F. Dollins John Deere 1
#28 Steven Lagerquist Dana Limited 1
#28 Matthew Hoover John Deere 1
#28 Shane Stanley Cobalt Boats 1
#28 Nathan A. Fernow 1
#28 Nathan Coltrane 1
#28 Isaiah Janzen John Deere 1
#28 Margaret A. Yaege Atlantic Richfield 1
#28 Orville R. Ripley 1
#28 Kenneth G. Klamm Atlantic Richfield 1
#28 Robert E. Plummer 1
#28 Jackie R. Sutherland The Daylight Company (Holdings) Limited 1
#28 Qiang Zhuge 1
#28 Joseph T. Brown 1
#28 Lashun R. Mowers John Deere 1
#28 Dewey Marshall 1
#28 Keith W. Jabben 1
#28 Norval Thomas Gruver John Deere 1
#28 John R. Tyhurst Atlantic Richfield 1
#28 Henry A. Brainerd Atlantic Richfield 1

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