Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Manchester, MO ranks #2,051 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,568 patents from 278 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Manchester, MO include Southpac Trust International, Orthovita, Emerson Electric. That works out to 85.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 278 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Franklin J. Craig Southpac Trust International 131
2 Erik M. Erbe Orthovita 55
3 Gary E. Horst Emerson Electric 47
#4 Samuel J. Tremont 45
#4 William P. Donovan Monsanto Technology 45
#6 Joseph G. Rico G.D. Searle 37
#7 Wendell Gary Phillips 36
#8 David P. Lage Quick Point 33
#9 Frank Craig Southpac Trust International 32
#10 Mike Pohlman Anchor Packaging 30
#11 Christopher T. Scholl Mastercard 29
#11 James L. Young Chipscale 29
#13 Andrew G. Papay Ethyl Petroleum Additives 26
#13 Arthur E. Woodward Nidec Motor 26
#15 William R. Tolbert 23
#16 Nancy Gail Limback Aventisub Ii 22
#17 Jinsong You Monsanto Technology 21
#18 Thomas G. Johnson Dutton-Lainson 20
#19 Edward J. Griffith 19
#20 Ronald Crouther Mentor Partners 18
#21 Rebecca A. Wallace Mallinckrodt Medical 17
#22 Robert Puskas Singulex 16
#22 Jason R. White Ip Reservoir 16
#24 Nordine Cheikh Monsanto Technology 15
#24 James D. Masucci Monsanto Technology 15
#26 Scott D. Dickerhoff Mallinckrodt Medical 14
#27 Daniel T. Connolly 13
#28 Susan Jones AT&T 12
#28 Thomas C. Riley K.V. Pharmaceutical 12
#28 Philip Chidi Njemanze Unknown 12
#31 James W. Kassebaum 11
#31 Jeffrey A. Martin Basf Se 11
#31 Maria L. Miller 11
#31 James I. Metzger, Jr. Emerson Electric 11
#35 Richard D. Stolk 10
#35 John Foley Cambridge Engineering 10
#35 Lowell Robert Huff Bank of America 10
#35 Dennis A. Ruest Novus International 10
#39 Christine M. Ellis Monsanto Technology 9
#40 Daniel E. Driemeyer The Boeing 8
#40 Andrew M. Singleton Monsanto Technology 8
#40 Dewalt W. Fowler Paul Flum Ideas 8
#40 William H. Anthony Swiss Aluminium 8
#40 Thomas J. Setty Sonoco Products 8
#45 Michihiro Hirayoshi Koken Manufacturing Co. 7
#45 James H. Crowley Monsanto Technology 7
#45 Rory F. Finn Pfizer 7
#45 Donald L. Blessing Emerson Electric 7
#45 Bryan H. Landis G.D. Searle 7
#45 Robert Glen Edwards Smart House 7

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