Mississippi — Patent Inventors 2003

Top Cities in Mississippi 2003

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Starkville, MS	28	22
#2	Tokyo, MS	23	6
#3	Obrigheim, MS	20	1
#4	Gulfport, MS	18	11
#5	Hattiesburg, MS	18	11
#6	Jackson, MS	16	11
#7	Kitakyushu, MS	15	4
#8	Meridian, MS	11	7
#9	Laurel, MS	10	9
#10	Clinton, MS	10	7
#11	Waveland, MS	10	7
#12	Brandon, MS	9	7
#13	Corinth, MS	9	3
#14	Hernando, MS	9	8
#15	Ridgeland, MS	8	6
#16	Vicksburg, MS	8	6
#17	Ocean Springs, MS	8	6
#18	Madison, MS	8	8
#19	Biloxi, MS	7	7
#20	Järvevana tee, MS	7	4
#21	Natchez, MS	6	5
#22	Olive Branch, MS	6	6
#23	Oxford, MS	6	6
#24	Tupelo, MS	6	5
#25	Columbus, MS	6	5

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Jerome H. Simon	Corinth	Genlyte Thomas Group	6
2	John D. Hicks	Gulfport	Pioneer (Corteva)	5
2	Wilbur R. Primos	Jackson	Primos	5
#4	Shelby F. Thames	Hattiesburg	University Of Southern Mississippi	4
#4	Michael V. Powers	Meridian	Peavey Electronics	4
#4	Jeffrey S. Brown	Leland	IBM	4
#7	Charles D. Finch	Clinton	Vasca	3
#7	Jerry Ross	Gulfport	US Dept of the Interior	3
#7	Chris M. Paterson	Järvevana tee	Oreck Holdings	3
#7	Philip G. Malone	Vicksburg	US Army	3
#7	Tsuneo Kimura	Waveland	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	3
#7	Pidugu L. Narayana	Starkville	Cypress Semiconductor	3
#7	Eugene Clark Hayes	Diamondhead	US Dept of the Interior	3
#7	William S. Anthony	Stoneville	USDA	3
#7	Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani	Hattiesburg	University Of Southern Mississippi	3
#7	Dennis W. Smith	Starkville	Honeywell	3
#7	Paul A. Moshenrose	Ocean Springs	Oreck Holdings	3
#7	Thomas C. Jones	Maben	Microsoft	3
#19	William J. Anderson	Taylorsville	Coleman Powermate	2
#19	Andrew Menapace	Florence	Ergon	2
#19	Martin R. Burrow	Brandon	Ergon	2
#19	Willie R. Maxwell	Natchez	—	2
#19	Moon Kim	Starkville	Awi Licensing	2
#19	Jeffery Scott Hunt	Starkville	Cypress Semiconductor	2
#19	Terri McKelvaine	Meridian	Avery Dennison	2