Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Olathe, KS ranks #552 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,155 patents from 991 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Olathe, KS include Sprint Spectrum, Sprint Communications, Garmin Switzerland Gmbh. That works out to 43.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 991 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jasinder P. Singh Sprint Spectrum 347
2 Michael K. Bugenhagen 216
3 Jason R. Delker Sprint Communications 162
#4 Rajveen Narendran Sprint Spectrum 143
#5 Andrew M. Wurtenberger Sprint Communications 141
#6 Warren B. Cope Sprint Communications 104
#7 Rajil Malhotra Sprint Communications 102
#8 Mark Douglas Peden Sprint Communications 90
#9 Carl J. Persson Sprint Communications 83
#10 Robin D. Katzer Sprint Communications 79
#11 Frederick C. Rogers Sprint Communications 74
#12 Fred S. Cook Sprint Communications 70
#13 Warren R. Stevens Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 66
#14 David F. Lammers-Meis Garmin 58
#15 Jeffrey M. Sweeney 56
#16 John E. Belser Sprint Communications 55
#17 Suryanarayanan Ramamurthy Sprint Spectrum 50
#17 Todd P. Register Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 50
#17 Juhee Lee Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 50
#20 Derrick D. Lenz Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 47
#21 Kanakasabha Kailasam Oracle 45
#22 Arun Santharam Sprint Spectrum 43
#23 Michael T. Lundy Sprint Spectrum 40
#24 Todd Moseley Spinal Simplicity 39
#25 Kevin Ray Smith Solo Cup 38
#25 David Rondeau 38
#27 F. Nicholas Franano Proteon Therapeutics 37
#27 Bryan T. Barbee Sprint Spectrum 37
#29 Trevor Daniel Shipley Sprint Communications 36
#30 Andrew M. Trammel University of California 35
#31 Sei Y. Ng Sprint Communications 34
#32 Shane R. Werner Sprint Communications 32
#32 Mark B. Emge Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 32
#34 Mark D. Leonard Sprint Communications 31
#34 Daniel E. Bowen, III The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 31
#36 John M. Heinz 29
#37 Adam Rogers Spinal Simplicity 28
#37 Steven R. Walton The Boeing 28
#37 Stephen R. Early Aero Transportation Products 28
#40 Michael J. Morgan Olin 27
#40 Jay Dee Krull Garmin 27
#40 Mohit Mathur 27
#43 Deepak Phadke Vanda Pharmaceuticals 26
#43 Brent E. Barberis Htc 26
#45 Kurt Iver Kamrud Alphavax 25
#46 Steve Gramling Amarr 24
#47 Robert L. Koelzer Haldex Brake 23
#48 Chris Winsor Nexus Medical 22
#48 Debashis Haldar Sprint Spectrum 22
#50 Jennifer E. Golden University Of Kansas 21

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