Tennessee — Patent Inventors 1982

Top Cities in Tennessee 1982

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Kingsport, TN	108	64
#2	Knoxville, TN	66	57
#3	Memphis, TN	49	43
#4	Oak Ridge, TN	41	36
#5	Nashville, TN	38	35
#6	Chattanooga, TN	33	31
#7	Cleveland, TN	25	19
#8	Franklin, TN	12	9
#9	Johnson City, TN	12	9
#10	Murfreesboro, TN	11	10
#11	Germantown, TN	11	10
#12	Harriman, TN	9	5
#13	Soddy-Daisy, TN	9	9
#14	Greeneville, TN	8	6
#15	Jackson, TN	6	6
#16	Kingston, TN	5	4
#17	Brentwood, TN	5	5
#18	Columbia, TN	5	5
#19	Tullahoma, TN	5	5
#20	Cookeville, TN	5	4
#21	Morristown, TN	5	5
#22	Lookout Mountain, TN	5	3
#23	Bristol, TN	5	4
#24	Elizabethton, TN	5	5
#25	Gallatin, TN	4	4

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Winston J. Jackson, Jr.	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	7
1	Richard L. McConnell	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	7
3	Bobby J. Sublett	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	5
#4	Richard J. Brewer	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	4
#5	Jimmy R. Trotter	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	3
#5	Charles A. McCombs	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	3
#5	Max A. Weaver	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	3
#5	Vitie P. Keran	Harriman	The Direct Reduction	3
#5	Alan C. Baker	Harriman	The Direct Reduction	3
#5	Frank Payne	Knoxville	Robertshaw Controls	3
#5	William N. Smith	Knoxville	Robertshaw Controls	3
#5	William F. Hutcheson	Lookout Mountain	—	3
#5	Harry L. Hsu	Johnson City	Great Lakes Carbon	3
#5	Joseph S. Zannucci	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	3
#5	Brice S. Wininger	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	3
#5	George M. Rosenberry, Jr.	Hendersonville	GE	3
#5	David E. Graham	Knoxville	Gaf	3
#18	Charles E. Pratt	Signal Mountain	Chattem	2
#18	Thomas H. Jones	Cookeville	Research Electronics International	2
#18	Ronald L. Dotson	Cleveland	Olin	2
#18	William P. Purcell	Memphis	Molecular Design International	2
#18	Rowan H. Colley	Brownsville	—	2
#18	Vincent Lamberti	Oak Ridge	Lever Brothers	2
#18	John R. Dombroski	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	2
#18	Burns Davis	Kingsport	Eastman Kodak	2