Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lawrence, KS ranks #989 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,423 patents from 744 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lawrence, KS include Pioneer (Corteva), University Of Southern California, Amarr. That works out to 36.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 744 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leslie Charles Kuhlman Pioneer (Corteva) 97
2 Gere S. diZerega University Of Southern California 84
3 Loren D. Mock Amarr 77
#4 Jeffrey Junhao Xu Qualcomm 66
#5 Mark Brandon Shiflett E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 50
#6 Valentino J. Stella University Of Kansas 49
#7 Raghunath Vitthal Chaudhari Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 45
#8 William C. Patt Warner-Lambert Company 43
#9 Dennis Jewell Hill'S Pet Nutrition 42
#10 John M. Neet Intraluminal Therapeutics 38
#11 Alexei V. Nikitin Avatekh 35
#11 John H. Bennett, III Sprint Communications 35
#13 Jenn-Tai Liang University Of Kansas 34
#14 James D. Pipkin Cydex Pharmaceuticals 33
#15 Takeru Higuchi Merck 32
#16 David R. Borcherding Hoechst Marion Roussel 27
#16 Peter A. Petillo Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 27
#18 Les Charles Kuhlman Pioneer (Corteva) 26
#19 Anand C. Burman Dabur Research Foundation. 25
#19 Robert Leon Lutes Alarm.Com Incorporated 25
#19 Jason Holzmueller Schlumberger Technology 25
#19 Michael Baltezor Crititech 25
#23 Brian S. Hill Roche Diagnostics Gmbh 24
#23 Jeffrey Aube University Of Kansas 24
#25 Ronald M. Barrett University Of Kansas 23
#26 Steven Curtis Zicker Hill'S Pet Nutrition 22
#26 Huili Guan 22
#26 Roger A. Rajewski University Of Kansas 22
#29 Joseph A. Fix Merck 21
#30 Timothy Caldwell Deciphera Pharmaceuticals 20
#31 Daryle Hadley Busch University Of Kansas 19
#32 Frank J. Schoenen University Of Kansas 18
#32 Sunil A. David University Of Kansas 18
#32 Matthew McClorey Crititech 18
#32 William Goertzen Schlumberger Technology 18
#32 Randall V. Sparer Medtronic 18
#32 Earl F. Robinson C.R. Bard 18
#32 Richard Raymond Spurlock Cobalt Iron 18
#32 Marc Anthony Epard Alarm.Com Incorporated 18
#40 Mashhur Zarif Haque Driverdo 17
#40 Robert Merrill Marett Cobalt Iron 17
#42 Sebastien A. Ramus Be Intellectual Property 16
#42 Christopher T. Allen Vermeer Manufacturing 16
#42 David Irvin AT&T 16
#42 Mark A. Metzger Schlumberger Technology 16
#46 John L. Haslam Merck 15
#46 Stefano A. Pogany Merck 15
#46 Larry Kennedy AT&T 15
#46 David E. Carson Cbw Automation 15
#46 Judy Z. Wu University Of Kansas 15

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