Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Webster Groves, MO ranks #2,319 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,352 patents from 205 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Webster Groves, MO include Monsanto Technology, IBM, Petrolite. That works out to 56.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 205 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James A. Baum Monsanto Technology 89
2 Gustav E. Sittmann, III IBM 87
3 Patrick M. Quinlan Petrolite 50
#4 Heath A. Doty Newell Operating 45
#5 Walter M. Blume Stereotaxis 42
#5 Jacqueline E. Heard Mendel Biotechnology 42
#7 Thomas L. Weaver The Boeing 35
#8 Christopher W. Grote Mallinckrodt 32
#9 Cindie M. Luhman Purina Animal Nutrition 30
#10 Richard Livingston Singulex 29
#10 Joshua L. Dowling The Invention Science Fund I 29
#12 Thomas P. Buescher Emerson Electric 26
#13 Benjamin T. Outlaw Petrolite 24
#14 Michael Heine Sgl Carbon Ag 23
#15 George J. Baley 22
#16 Ralph A. Heasley Mallinckrodt 20
#17 Clarence L. Walker Sherwood Medical 18
#17 Charles E. Molnar Oracle 18
#17 Paul A. Porter Purina Animal Nutrition 18
#20 Edward J. Timm Mobius Therapeutics 16
#21 Adam Bauer Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 15
#21 Brian Orr Mallinckrodt 15
#23 Mark Scott Abad Monsanto Technology 14
#24 Paul E. Lacy Brown University 13
#24 Wendell Dodson Inter-Global 13
#24 Kurt Moedritzer 13
#27 John S. Haefner Emerson Electric 12
#28 Stephen J. Barenkamp Washington University 11
#28 Stephen John Rois 11
#28 Leon R. Lyle Mallinckrodt Medical 11
#28 John T. Hood Unknown 11
#28 Robert L. Bryant Thermal Science 11
#28 Brett H. Bussler 11
#34 Joseph P. Culver Washington University 10
#34 Eric J Bass Katalyst Surgical 10
#34 Jay C. Pershing Monsanto Technology 10
#34 Dwain F. Moore Emerson Electric 10
#34 Peter Allen Fox Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates 10
#34 Anthony L. Hinrichs Tsg Technologies 10
#40 Walton Sumner, II American Board Of Family Practice 9
#40 Susan L. Henke Pharmacia 9
#40 Yukihiro Urushidani Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 9
#40 Elbert Lee Whitler Bank of America 9
#44 David A. Fischhoff 8
#44 Brian Bearden AT&T 8
#46 George Helmut Klemm Specgx 7
#46 Tom Ferrara Mastercard 7
#46 Ryan Binkholder The Boeing 7
#46 Natalia Ivleva Monsanto Technology 7
#50 David P. Hargraves Emerson Electric 6

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