Top Inventors in Manhattan, KS | Patent Leaderboard

Manhattan, KS ranks #2,174 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,463 patents from 446 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Manhattan, KS include ExxonMobil, Green Source Energy, Pioneer (Corteva). That works out to 27.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 446 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Christopher L. Becker	ExxonMobil	74
2	Liang-tseng Fan	Green Source Energy	34
3	Hugo Zorrilla	Pioneer (Corteva)	30
3	Eric A. Keen	John Deere	30
#5	James R. Schmidt	Agco	29
#6	Kenneth J. Klabunde	Kansas State University	28
#7	Woojae Lee	Sprint Communications	27
#8	Maria Laura Mayor	Pioneer (Corteva)	25
#9	Yong-Cheng Shi	National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation	18
#9	Paul A. Seib	Kansas State University	18
#9	Mark W. Thompson	Caterpillar	18
#12	Stefan H. Bossmann	Kansas State University	13
#12	Martin P. Vacanti	Vbi Technologies, L.L.C.	13
#12	Duy H. Hua	Kansas State University	13
#15	Xiuzhi Susan Sun	Kansas State University	12
#16	Juvenal Higiro	—	11
#16	Olga Koper	Kansas State University	11
#16	Robert David Sager	—	11
#19	Deryl L. Troyer	Kansas State University	10
#19	Steven L. Bellinger	Kansas State University	10
#19	Vikas Berry	Globalwafers Co.	10
#22	Jishu Shi	Kansas State University	9
#22	Muckatira M. Chengappa	Kansas State University	9
#22	Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja	Kansas State University	9
#22	Jim L. Nelssen	Kansas State University	9
#22	Olga Koper	US Army	9
#22	Lawrence A. Schmid	Unknown	9
#22	Debra J. Folkerts	Uroval	9
#22	Kent D. Funk	Hemisphere Gps	9
#22	Kyungsoo Woo	Mgp Ingredients	9
#22	Suprem R. Das	Purdue Research Foundation	9
#32	Troy Curtis Robl	Caterpillar	8
#32	Nikki Vestweber	Cushion Seats	8
#32	Alexander P. Mathews	Kansas State University	8
#32	Jack L. Lambert	Kansas State University	8
#32	Christopher Sorensen	Kansas State University	8
#32	Kyeong-Ok Chang	Kansas State University	8
#32	Roman R. Ganta	Kansas State University	8
#32	Robert J. DeLong	Mag Instrument	8
#32	Sanjay Kapil	Board Of Regents For Oklahoma State University	8
#32	Robert D. Goodband	Kansas State University	8
#32	Abhishek Lall	Sprint Spectrum	8
#43	Keith D. Westervelt	—	7
#43	Ryan G. Fronk	Kansas State University	7
#43	Abbas Khaleel	Kansas State University	7
#43	Punit Prakash	Kansas State University	7
#43	Rudy V. Mills	Caterpillar	7
#43	Yunjeong Kim	Kansas State University	7
#43	Xiuming Liu	Aurora Office Equipment Co., Ltd. Shanghai	7
#43	Mufit Akinc	Iowa State University	7

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