Tennessee — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Tennessee 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Knoxville, TN	188	147
#2	Memphis, TN	177	114
#3	Kingsport, TN	171	111
#4	Nashville, TN	96	69
#5	Oak Ridge, TN	52	41
#6	Germantown, TN	51	28
#7	Cordova, TN	36	25
#8	Franklin, TN	33	23
#9	Johnson City, TN	33	23
#10	Cookeville, TN	28	19
#11	Collierville, TN	28	21
#12	Chattanooga, TN	27	21
#13	Murfreesboro, TN	24	19
#14	Brentwood, TN	21	17
#15	Jonesborough, TN	19	13
#16	Bristol, TN	19	16
#17	Clarksville, TN	18	12
#18	Tullahoma, TN	16	11
#19	Hermitage, TN	16	5
#20	Cleveland, TN	14	10
#21	Soddy-Daisy, TN	14	12
#22	Hendersonville, TN	14	9
#23	Jackson, TN	14	12
#24	Maryville, TN	13	9
#25	Hartsville, TN	11	7

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Thomas A. Carls	Memphis	Warsaw Orthopedic	12
1	Russell J. Edwards	Hermitage	Johnson & Johnson	12
3	Garry L. Myers	Kingsport	Fuisz Technologies	9
3	Richard C. Fuisz	Nashville	Fuisz Technologies	9
#5	Chris E. Johnson	Germantown	Warsaw Orthopedic	8
#6	Stephen N. Falling	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#6	Tim Vendrely	Memphis	Smith & Nephew	7
#8	Christopher Tinius	Memphis	Asgrow Seed Company	6
#8	Donald L. Black	Knoxville	Eastman Kodak	6
#8	Vincent Alvin Nicely	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	6
#11	Kenneth Douglas Vinson	Bartlett	The Procter & Gamble	5
#11	Paul Steven Williams	Cleveland	Rolls-Royce Plc	5
#11	Jerry Morrison	Clarksville	Commemorative Brands	5
#11	Douglas R. O'Hara	Ooltewah	Gkn Sinter Metals	5
#11	Jerry A. Mooneyhan	Johnson City	Tulsa Dental Products, L.L.C.	5
#11	Daniel Charles Alsmeyer	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	5
#11	Michael C. Sherman	Memphis	Sdgi	5
#11	Mike Helton	Memphis	Marine Polymer Technologies	5
#11	Richard A. Pearce	Memphis	Hunter Fan	5
#20	B. Shannon Fuller	Nashville	Triangle Pacific	4
#20	Vanja Margareta King	Memphis	Warsaw Orthopedic	4
#20	Harold S. Taylor	Memphis	Warsaw Orthopedic	4
#20	Scott Ellery George	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	4
#20	J. Charles Taylor	Memphis	Smith & Nephew	4
#20	Joe W. Gray	Lenoir City	University of California	4