Top Inventors in Independence, MO

Independence, MO ranks #3,195 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 944 patents from 256 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, MO include Black & Decker, Sprint Communications, Toyota. That works out to 7.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 256 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Mark A. Etter	Black & Decker	149
2	Albert Daniel DuRee	Sprint Communications	57
3	Michael James	Toyota	52
#4	Mark Joseph Bartonek	Progress Rail Services	24
#5	Michael L. Bryson	Building Materials Investment	23
#6	Clayton E. Barber	—	21
#7	Richard G. Weld	Weld Racing	17
#8	Roger E. Billings	Unknown	16
#9	Robert R. Reed	Patent Consultants & Services	15
#10	John D. Higgins, III	Mcneil-Ppc	14
#11	John B. Watkins	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	13
#11	Vincent M. Shortino	Ethyl Development	13
#11	Ernest M. Mattox	—	13
#11	Ronald E. Lewis	Sprint Spectrum	13
#15	Timothy A. Vogel	Air Distribution Technologies Ip	11
#15	Michael G. Kingsley	Diamant Boart	11
#17	Garry E. Baxter	John Deere	10
#17	Sam Russell	AT&T	10
#19	Kent S. Maune	Air Distribution Technologies Ip	9
#19	Donald May	Unknown	9
#21	Donald D. Smith	The Kansas University Endowment Association	8
#21	David Meinsen	—	8
#21	David R. Crawford	Gaston County Dyeing Machine	8
#24	Jerry D. O'Neal	—	7
#25	Brandon D. Wood	Lynk	6
#25	Eddie R. Malcolm	Fike	6
#27	John A. Billings	—	5
#27	Gerald D. Reed	—	5
#27	Theodore D. Barnes	—	5
#27	Dennis D. Evans	Unknown	5
#27	Lowell L. Kuhn	Labconco	5
#27	James A. Whisenhunt	Mccormick & Company	5
#27	Earl R. Wade	—	5
#27	Gregory L. Nickel	National Carpet Equipment	5
#27	Mark Harold Whitehead	British Telecommunications Public Limited	5
#36	Sean Titus	Fike	4
#36	Randall T. Busky	Alliant Techsystems	4
#36	Dennis O'Dell	Mevis Breastcare Gmbh & Co. Kg	4
#36	Roland D. Ritchel	—	4
#36	Richard D. Stephens	Rom Acquisition	4
#36	Lowell D. Snapp	Honeywell	4
#36	Robert A. Covey	Hallmark Cards, Incorporated	4
#36	Clifford King	—	4
#36	Samuel Haggard	Mark Products	4
#36	Holland A. Mertell	Billy Goat Industries	4
#36	Carl Riesco	Wcm Industries	4
#36	Homer C. Rich	—	4
#36	Elmer B. Offutt	Labconco	4
#49	John B. Watkins	Eastman Kodak	3
#49	Stuart C. Weddle	Siemens Energy	3

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