Georgia — Patent Inventors 2002

Top Cities in Georgia 2002

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Atlanta, GA	532	334
#2	Alpharetta, GA	218	136
#3	Marietta, GA	183	130
#4	Lawrenceville, GA	155	109
#5	Roswell, GA	125	89
#6	Duluth, GA	98	62
#7	Norcross, GA	79	53
#8	Suwanee, GA	76	50
#9	Cumming, GA	73	52
#10	Woodstock, GA	61	38
#11	Peachtree City, GA	61	27
#12	Lilburn, GA	59	36
#13	Conyers, GA	53	33
#14	Dunwoody, GA	52	38
#15	Decatur, GA	52	38
#16	Macon, GA	45	18
#17	Douglasville, GA	42	19
#18	Kennesaw, GA	41	24
#19	Athens, GA	40	35
#20	Dacula, GA	36	13
#21	Augusta, GA	36	24
#22	Newnan, GA	34	24
#23	Savannah, GA	32	28
#24	Canton, GA	29	20
#25	Gainesville, GA	28	22

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Ronald D. Erwin	Peachtree City	Erwin Industries	24
2	Christopher R. Ballard	Macon	Deceuninck North America	22
3	Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.	Dacula	Siltech	20
#4	Gregory S. Hamilton	Atlanta	Gpi Nil Holdings	15
#5	McNeill Stokes	Atlanta	—	14
#6	Brad A. Armstrong	Sharpsburg	Code42 Software	13
#7	Kenneth E. Flick	Douglasville	Omega Patents, L.L.C.	12
#8	Joseph M. Battaglia	Douglasville	L&P Property Management	9
#8	Stephen L. Phelps	Lilburn	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	9
#8	T. Edwin Freeman	Woodstock	Xerox	9
#8	William P. Apps	Alpharetta	Rehrig Pacific	9
#8	Abtar Singh	Kennesaw	Emerson Retail Services	9
#13	Michael L. Wach	Alpharetta	Cirrex Systems	8
#13	Laurence B. Saidman	Duluth	Nordson	8
#13	Forrest M. Farhan	Duluth	Scientific-Atlanta	8
#16	Dale W. Malik	Atlanta	AT&T	7
#16	Ramesh Keshavaraj	Peachtree City	Milliken &	7
#16	Richard P. Lewis	Marietta	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	7
#16	Ali Yahiaoui	Roswell	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	7
#16	Joseph Katz	Atlanta	Symbol Technologies	7
#16	John C. Goodwin, III	Suwanee	AT&T	7
#16	John Witzigreuter	Canton	Tricord Solutions	7
#23	Steven Tischer	Atlanta	AT&T	6
#23	Witold Neter	Newnan	Husky Injection Molding Systems	6
#23	Herb F. Velazquez	Alpharetta	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	6