Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Joplin, MO ranks #3,179 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 950 patents from 249 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Joplin, MO include Acushnet, Sunbeam Products, L&P Property Management. That works out to 18.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 249 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert A. Brown Acushnet 60
2 Michael R. Giebel Sunbeam Products 48
3 Terrance L. Myers L&P Property Management 36
#4 Gary L. Jones General Motors 35
#5 William Robert Rohr L&P Property Management 29
#6 Dharmesh Bhakta IBM 19
#7 Thomas W. Wells L&P Property Management 16
#7 Mario Destephen Eaglepicher Technologies 16
#7 Ryan J. Giovacchini Revolutionice 16
#10 Henry Schubert Sunbeam Products 15
#11 Donald E. A. Clarke Cable Television Laboratories 13
#12 Jason Turner L&P Property Management 12
#12 John S. Hill Valeo Electrical Systems 12
#12 Dwaine K. Coates The Boeing 12
#15 David C. Humphreys Tamko Building Products 11
#16 David Brown Novell 10
#16 Dennis E. Arft L&P Property Management 10
#16 James B. Jones Verizon 10
#16 Daniel W. Williams L&P Property Management 10
#16 Lesley O. Bond Superior Energy Services 10
#21 Richard D. Davidson The Marco 9
#21 Kelly M. Knewtson L&P Property Management 9
#21 Joel D. Hockenbury Kan-Pak, L.L.C. 9
#21 Darren Wade Stoddart Behr Process 9
#21 Mark Sullivan Vlsi Technology 9
#21 Alan D. Marble Trane International 9
#27 James R. Wheeler Eagle-Picher Industries 8
#27 Patrick Ansel Thompson Climax Engineered Materials 8
#27 Gary L. Fox Honeywell 8
#27 Shawn Owens Schreiber Foods 8
#31 Randy Love Sunbeam Corporation Limited 7
#31 Michael Parrot Eaglepicher Technologies 7
#31 Jason J. Stokesbary L&P Property Management 7
#31 Douglas H. Schalk Mars, Incorporated 7
#31 Kenneth Ray Neal Robud 7
#31 Kurt Beckman Mat Industries 7
#31 Ramanathan Thillaiyan Eaglepicher Technologies 7
#38 Darin Miller Coupang 6
#38 Robert Faulkner Siemens Canada Limited 6
#38 John P. Gowing Flex-O-Lators 6
#38 Floyd Ysbrand 6
#38 Philip D. Wyatt L&P Property Management 6
#38 Shajan V. Chacko Kmt Waterjet Systems 6
#44 Alan F. Marble 5
#44 Gary Cox 5
#44 L. Taizo Toelken 5
#44 Earl W. Kennedy L&P Property Management 5
#44 Andrew Souder, II Zaf Energy Systems, Incorporated 5
#44 Cecil Boyd Unknown 5
#44 Charles Michael Teeter Unknown 5

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