Covington, LA ranks #3,680 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 29 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Covington, LA include Southern Linac, Laitram, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Q. Castle, Jr. | Southern Linac | 3 |
| 1 | Christopher G. Greve | Laitram | 3 |
| 1 | Philip Edmund Fox | Halliburton Energy Services | 3 |
| 1 | Jay G. Bianchini | — | 3 |
| #5 | Michael T. Miller | Dell Products | 2 |
| #5 | Keith Doucet | Amcol International | 2 |
| #5 | Robert Henry Post | — | 2 |
| #5 | Mark A. Johnson | The Mead | 2 |
| #9 | Tyner Brentz Strub | Strubwerks | 1 |
| #9 | Gregg Lacoste | — | 1 |
| #9 | Matti Palo | — | 1 |
| #9 | Salvador Ficarra | — | 1 |
| #9 | George H. Schwing, III | — | 1 |
| #9 | Glenn C. MacDougall | IBM | 1 |
| #9 | William G. Robertson | US Army | 1 |
| #9 | Thomas Cherry | Cook Medical Technologies | 1 |
| #9 | Kyle Bowlsbey | Southern Linac | 1 |
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