Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dalton, GA ranks #4,425 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 23 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dalton, GA include Mohawk Carpet Distribution, Tarkett, Ch3 Solutions. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dennis G. Schlisner 2
1 Mitchell A. Crow 2
1 Clyde Ray Burgess Mohawk Carpet Distribution 2
#4 Derek Bearden Tarkett 1
#4 Walter Robb Andersen 1
#4 Ron Bennett Ch3 Solutions 1
#4 Michael A. Ellis 1
#4 Bryan Morton Columbia Insurance 1
#4 George Cavanaugh Columbia Insurance 1
#4 John McClurken Wacker Chemical Ag 1
#4 Willie Lee International Paper 1
#4 Allen L. Atkinson Dow Global Technologies 1
#4 Thomas H. Perry, JR. Dow Global Technologies 1
#4 Diner Mondragón Maxtor 1
#4 James Henry Keen, Jr. Columbia Insurance 1
#4 Hubert J. Booth Columbia Insurance 1
#4 Randall C. Jenkines 1
#4 James Lesslie Beaulieu Group 1
#4 Kendall Johnston Card-Monroe 1
#4 Christopher Scott Sirmans Columbia Insurance 1

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