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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ozark, MO ranks #10,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 174 patents from 62 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ozark, MO include Overture Networks, Dayco Products, Custom Metalcraft. That works out to 8.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 62 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert Lynch Overture Networks 19
2 Robert C. Joslyn Dayco Products 14
3 Scott Higgins Custom Metalcraft 11
#4 Matthew Koontz Snap 8
#5 Garth Norman SHOWALTER Dolby Laboratories Licensing 7
#5 Bobby R. Lynch 7
#7 Barry Retchloff Quality Craft Industries 6
#8 Kenneth E. Bowers Ethyl Development 5
#8 Rickey W. Jennings Loren Cook 5
#8 Robert McDonial Stamina Products 5
#11 John Michael Gott Dolby Laboratories Licensing 4
#11 Clinton L. Smith 4
#11 Lee H. Cruse 4
#14 Patricia A. Derges 3
#14 Kevin Curran 3
#14 Parimelalagan Ramachandran Fasco Industries 3
#14 Kevin Whitworth Johnson & Johnson 3
#18 Kenneth C. Bade Level 3 Communications 2
#18 Curtis Scott Hatch 2
#18 Jonathan A. Bay 2
#18 Brian D. Vesely Sonova Ag 2
#18 Dennis K. DePriest 2
#18 Delbert S. Lewis The Boeing 2
#18 Elizabeth Beam Stanford University 2
#18 Jerome Nichols 2
#18 Calvin M. Budd 2
#18 Shachar Tauber 2
#18 Bruce Hedgepeth Mercy Medical Research Institute 2
#18 Ken Burroughs Tracker Marine, L.L.C. 2
#18 Frederick Keiner 2
#18 Chelsea Ann Trammell Bass Pro Intellectual Property, L.L.C. 2
#18 Mark A. Lewellen 2
#18 Patricia Keiner 2
#18 Ray Drennan 2
#18 Kathleen U. Farmer 2
#36 Brendan Pankratz 1
#36 James A. Hagale 1
#36 Nathan Douglas England 1
#36 George E. Irons Siemens Energy 1
#36 Owan W. Davis 1
#36 Milo Carter 1
#36 Judah Davis Parker-Hannifin 1
#36 Terrye M. Saliba 1
#36 Shari Cook 1
#36 Elza L. Campbell GE 1
#36 Russel J. Gehrke 1
#36 Todd G. Fickbohm 1
#36 Jesse W. Stoops 1
#36 James E. Box 1
#36 Ronald A. Rinke Western Litho Plate & Supply 1

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