Sunset Hills, MO ranks #13,013 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 133 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sunset Hills, MO include Hunter Engineering, Emerson Electric, Biomerieux. That works out to 14.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy A. Strege | Hunter Engineering | 60 |
| 2 | Bradley C. Zikes | Emerson Electric | 17 |
| 3 | David Hertlein | Biomerieux | 8 |
| 3 | Frank N. Lee | IBM | 8 |
| #5 | Joel A. Joslin | Sherwood Medical Industries | 7 |
| #6 | Minhthy Nguyen | Mead Johnson Nutrition | 4 |
| #7 | Francis L. George, Jr. | The P. D. George | 3 |
| #8 | Debra J. Wilke | AT&T | 2 |
| #8 | James Norberg | Express Scripts Strategic Development | 2 |
| #8 | David McCreery | North American Products Group | 2 |
| #8 | Scott McKye | — | 2 |
| #8 | Brad Zikes | Emerson Electric | 2 |
| #8 | Jerry Walls | Newco Enterprises | 2 |
| #8 | Harold Amann | Home Health Medical Equipment | 2 |
| #8 | Sheri Schalk | Sbc Properties | 2 |
| #8 | Thomas P. Fleer | Brown | 2 |
| #17 | Joseph Henry Alrutz | — | 1 |
| #17 | Paul J. Berryhill | — | 1 |
| #17 | Michael P Malecek | Charter Communications Operating | 1 |
| #17 | Patrick Yeung, Jr. | Saint Louis University | 1 |
| #17 | Kent DeFosset | Belco Technologies | 1 |
| #17 | Sean D. Stockell | — | 1 |
| #17 | Theodore Jacoby | — | 1 |
| #17 | Gerard P. Nikodem | — | 1 |
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