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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Raytown, MO ranks #8,254 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 265 patents from 89 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Raytown, MO include Integrated Roadways, Playtex Apparel, Conair. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 89 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tim Sylvester Integrated Roadways 25
2 Anthony Tedeschi Playtex Apparel 13
2 William Thomas Jones Conair 13
#4 Stuart Willis Bright Eli Lilly 10
#4 Robert E. Mace Standard Havens 10
#6 Michael Stüber Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Gmbh 8
#6 Brian P. Wolff Husky 8
#8 Daniel M. Wasleski Bayer Healthcare 7
#8 Robert M. Mozley Continental Disc 7
#8 Robert W. Quearry Golden Star 7
#8 Peter K. Gillespie Shinn Fu 7
#12 Donald R. David Clay And Bailey Manufacturing 6
#13 Curtis J. Forsythe 5
#13 Charles W. Reed 5
#15 Charles Schroeder Hahn & Clay 4
#15 Robert E. Heggestad Harmon Industries 4
#15 Ying Ruan North China Electrical Power University 4
#15 Aaron Mitchell Foursquare Labs 4
#15 Robert N. Hills Realex 4
#15 Stephen Michael Brown Georgia Tech Research 4
#15 Charles C. Aulgur Nellcor Puritan Bennett 4
#15 Wilburn I. Bone, Jr. 4
#15 Craig R. Valentine Voith Paper Patent Gmbh 4
#24 Gerald D. Fritz Marley Cooling Tower Company 3
#24 James W. Shelton Westinghouse Electric 3
#24 Jing Tang 3
#24 Robert Howard Sprint Communications 3
#24 Charles J. Cook Honeywell 3
#24 Jill DeWitt Aventis Holdings 3
#24 William R. Apel Unknown 3
#24 Yacoba C. Oliver Kenner Parker Toys 3
#24 William A. Chappell Rival Manufacturing 3
#33 Joseph G. Markovich 2
#33 Jamie Paul Brocket Sprint Communications 2
#33 Arthur E. Carroll, II Bell Telephone Laboratories 2
#33 Gary L. Watts 2
#33 Raymond L. Jones 2
#33 Federico T. Corcoro, Jr. Kerry Group Services International 2
#33 Joseph A. Crow Kansas State University 2
#33 George E. Wheeler 2
#33 Lawrence L. Duckworth 2
#33 Clarence Yeo Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 2
#33 Franklin A. Hansen Continental Disc 2
#33 Kirk E. Mullins Digital Ally 2
#33 Walter Leslie Witco 2
#33 Peggy Michelle Moe 2
#47 Kurt R. Monroe 1
#47 Ralph E. Hastings 1
#47 G. Douglas Shaw 1
#47 Elmer Thummel 1

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