Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wichita, KS ranks #497 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,609 patents from 1,728 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wichita, KS include Vornado Air, Micron, The Coleman Company. That works out to 16.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,728 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian M. Cartwright Vornado Air 98
2 Michael A. Walker Micron 80
3 Mitchell L. Wilgus The Coleman Company 75
#4 Rodney A. DeKoning 70
#5 Mahmoud K. Jibbe Netapp 63
#6 Shaun B. Atchison Johnson Controls Technology 60
#7 Byron Loibl Vornado Air 58
#8 William P. Delaney 54
#9 Bret S. Weber 53
#10 Mark Anthony Wadsworth Spirit Aerosystems 52
#11 Donald R. Humlicek 51
#12 Brian Dale Laughlin The Boeing 49
#13 Theresa N. Gillette Johnson Controls Technology 46
#14 Andrew M. Boyd Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 41
#15 Charles Binford Netapp 40
#16 Thomas R. Winston Intraluminal Therapeutics 36
#16 Joshua Daniel Saxe Sophos Limited 36
#18 Anthony F. Beugelsdyk Wescon Products 32
#18 Norris R. Long The Coleman Company 32
#20 Brian L. Clothier Thermal Solutions 31
#21 Mark Janzen Avalara 30
#21 Rodney L. Klausmeyer Occidental Chemical 30
#23 Jason Short Immersion 29
#24 Jason Michael Decker Textron Innovations 28
#25 Randall Ray West Spirit Aerosystems 27
#25 Frank Joseph Rowe Textron Innovations 27
#25 Michael A. Barnard Wescon Products 27
#25 Joe E. Sternberger The Boeing 27
#29 Gerald J. Fredin 26
#29 Andrew J. Spry Lsi 26
#29 Keith W. Holt 26
#29 Tyler P. McCune Johnson Controls Technology 26
#29 Daniel W. Davis 3M 26
#34 Matthew T. Riley Astron Aerospace 25
#34 Jedidiah O. Bentz Johnson Controls Technology 25
#34 Cooper Phillips Vornado Air 25
#34 David J. Bamber The Coleman Company 25
#34 Henry A. Schaefer GE 25
#39 Steven G. Hagerott Textron Innovations 24
#39 John W. Uerkvitz Johnson Controls Technology 24
#39 David Wayne Davis Litton Systems 24
#42 Louis Odenwald 23
#42 Joseph Moore Netapp 23
#42 John M. Welch The Boeing 23
#42 Gregory W. Menas Mpathx 23
#46 Cody J. Kaiser Johnson Controls Technology 22
#46 Phillip A. Kendrick Bell Helicopter Textron 22
#46 Aneek M. Noor Johnson Controls Technology 22
#49 David P. McCallie, Jr. Oracle 21
#50 Scott R. Carpenter Wagner Spray Tech 20

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