Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lee's Summit, MO ranks #1,418 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,364 patents from 514 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lee's Summit, MO include Sprint Communications, Digital Global Systems, Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh. That works out to 23.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 514 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lyle T. Bertz Sprint Communications 183
2 David William Kleinbeck Digital Global Systems 108
3 Mark R. Bales Sprint Communications 41
#4 Jason K. Whitney Sprint Communications 37
#5 Steve L. Sweeton Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh 36
#5 William L. Driskell Silgan Dispensing Systems 36
#7 Joseph K. Dodd Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh 35
#8 Jack T. Clements Bha Group 34
#9 Robert J. Good Silgan Dispensing Systems 29
#9 Michael P. Licata Unified Brands 29
#11 Clark Douglas Halferty Sprint Communications 28
#12 Mark A. Hoffman Oracle 27
#13 Marc D. Miller Digimarc 26
#14 Brett William Fischer Unknown 24
#15 David A. Brunson R & D Tool & Engineering 23
#15 Steven A. Sell S. C. Johnson & Son 23
#17 Hannah Jo Sifuentes Sprint Communications 22
#18 Pierce Andrew Gorman Sprint Communications 21
#18 Dennis Giesing Taris Biomedical 21
#18 Robert E. Morley, Jr. Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 21
#21 Clifford L. Winings Fci Americas Technology 20
#22 Cooper N. Tracy Qm Power 19
#22 Jason Stratman Spx Cooling Technologies 19
#22 Stephen R. Bales Sprint Communications 19
#25 Anthony J. Wageman Sprint Communications 18
#26 Mark Nolte Oracle 17
#26 Glenn S. Brenneke Spx Cooling Technologies 17
#26 John Zeigler 17
#29 William Hemeyer Bushnell 16
#29 Dennis L. Dundas Graham Engineering Company 16
#31 David A. Long Bayer Cropscience 15
#31 Curtis Tucker 15
#31 Hugh Ryan Oracle 15
#31 Dennis P. O'Brien 3M 15
#35 John C. M. Stewart Efamol Holdings Plc 14
#35 Jason R. Troxel Digital Ally 14
#35 Edward M. Files 14
#38 Melodie Lea Wendleton Specialty Products Of Greenwood, Missouri 13
#38 Brian R. Lefebure R & D Tool & Engineering 13
#40 Mary Ann Clark Hrb Innovations 12
#40 Deighton Brunson Brunson Instrument 12
#40 William C. Clark AT&T 12
#40 Chris Fish Burning Bush Group 12
#40 Tim L. Swan Sprint Communications 12
#45 Eric Wilson Oracle 11
#45 Thomas W. Keel Sprint Communications 11
#47 Anthony E. Johnson Sprint Communications 10
#47 Bruce A. Wardlow R & D Tool & Engineering 10
#47 Michael D. Krebill Fike 10
#47 Kirk Lewis Southern Imperial 10

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