Tennessee — Patent Inventors 2003

Top Cities in Tennessee 2003

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Knoxville, TN	261	176
#2	Kingsport, TN	216	112
#3	Memphis, TN	149	102
#4	Nashville, TN	100	84
#5	Germantown, TN	72	42
#6	Oak Ridge, TN	72	51
#7	Jackson, TN	61	33
#8	Cookeville, TN	59	38
#9	Franklin, TN	51	31
#10	Johnson City, TN	49	25
#11	Chattanooga, TN	48	35
#12	Cordova, TN	46	29
#13	Strawberry Plains, TN	45	5
#14	Brentwood, TN	44	27
#15	Collierville, TN	44	31
#16	Jonesborough, TN	32	23
#17	Murfreesboro, TN	30	24
#18	Bristol, TN	29	24
#19	Cleveland, TN	24	15
#20	Morristown, TN	20	14
#21	Bartlett, TN	19	14
#22	Mount Juliet, TN	18	11
#23	Soddy-Daisy, TN	18	11
#24	Lenoir City, TN	17	9
#25	Maryville, TN	16	9

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Kit Rae	Strawberry Plains	United Cutlery	40
2	Fred M. Morgan	Jackson	Devilbiss Air Power	11
3	Richard P. Volant	Clifton	IBM	10
#4	Eddie F. Ray, III	Cordova	Sdgi	9
#5	Michael J. Stauffer	Memphis	Hunter Fan	8
#5	Shriram Bagrodia	Kingsport	Clemson University	8
#5	Donald M. Kroeger	Knoxville	Ut-Battelle	8
#5	Gino Georges Lavoie	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	8
#5	Charles E. Taylor	Knoxville	Sharper Image	8
#10	Gerald Charles Tustin	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	John Walker Gilmer	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	Charles Hopson	Lebanon	Meritor Light Vehicle Systems	7
#10	Stephen F. Smith	Knoxville	Ut-Battelle	7
#10	Leslie Shane Moody	Johnson City	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	Andy Hugh Singleton	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	Rosa Young	Knoxville	Energy Conversion Devices	7
#10	Martin Bryant	Franklin	Idenix Pharmaceuticals	7
#10	Donald Lee Carver	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	Joseph Robert Zoeller	Kingsport	Eastman Chemical	7
#10	Kevin T. Foley	Germantown	Warsaw Orthopedic	7
#21	Joe W. Gray	Lenoir City	University of California	6
#21	Martin C. Bossler	Columbia	Uniflame	6
#21	Vinod K. Sikka	Oak Ridge	Ut-Battelle	6
#24	Gene W. Brown	Franklin	Baldwin Filters	5
#24	Donald P. Hutchinson	Knoxville	Ut-Battelle	5