Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Leawood, KS ranks #1,350 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,489 patents from 421 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Leawood, KS include Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C., Sprint Communications, Sprint Spectrum. That works out to 73.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 421 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ivan Osorio Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. 187
2 Jeremy R. Breau Sprint Communications 144
3 John M. Everson Sprint Spectrum 94
#4 Von K. McConnell Sprint Spectrum 75
#5 David Starr Wilton Industries 69
#6 Stephen D. O'Connor Clinical Micro Sensors 57
#7 Michael P. McMullen Sprint Communications 51
#8 John Larry Sanders Specialty Fertilizer Products 50
#9 Harold Hess Spinal Simplicity 47
#10 Robert Howard Miller Thomson Licensing 38
#11 Ohler L. Kinney, Jr. Marley Cooling Tower Company 35
#12 George Jason Schnellbacher Sprint Communications 32
#13 James K. Brannon Unknown 29
#13 John W. Cantrell Unified Brands 29
#13 Talat Jamshidi Sprint Communications 29
#16 Peter E. Newallis Bayer Healthcare 24
#17 Christopher Combest Multi Service 23
#17 Kurt Van Keppel Xikar 23
#19 William S. Endres Select Brands 22
#20 William C. Johnson Rand Farm Systems 21
#20 Jason G. Tatge Farmobile 21
#22 Robert L. Patterson Nec 20
#22 Christopher John Smith Provalis Uk Limited 20
#24 Arthur S. King 19
#24 Benjamin P. Blinn Sprint Communications 19
#26 Timothy D. Euler Sprint Communications 18
#26 Jay-woo Kim Samsung 18
#28 Joseph R. Krestine Saint-Gobain Calmar 17
#28 Steven E. Kozisek 17
#28 Dennis Crabtree Williams Fire & Hazard Control 17
#28 Jincheng Chen R & D Tool & Engineering 17
#32 Michael Philip Dougan Sprint Communications 16
#32 David Douglas Dunlap Stone Lock Global 16
#34 Pierre Barbeau Sprint Spectrum 15
#34 Steve Dispensa Sprint Communications 15
#34 Lance Williams Apple 15
#37 Mark A. Lipford Clearwire Ip Holdings L.L.C. 14
#37 Anil Singh Sprint Spectrum 14
#39 Richard L. Henderson Knappco 13
#39 Kristina J. Hennessy BOE 13
#41 Ellen Eide Kislal Pryon Incorporated 12
#41 Timothy Bateman Smiths Group Plc 12
#41 Dustin L. Cutsforth Cutsforth 12
#41 Ronald G. Meyer Kraft Tool 12
#41 Robert J. Foster IBM 12
#46 John Martin ICI 11
#46 Randall Thomas Nuss Farmobile 11
#46 Paul Steinhoff Ashworth Bros. 11
#46 Tomasz Taubert Special Product 11
#50 Paul F. Skultety Hoechst Marion Roussel 10

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