Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Madison, AL ranks #736 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 173 patents from 98 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Madison, AL include NVIDIA, Comcast, Synapse Wireless. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 98 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dale L. Kirkland NVIDIA 9
2 Donald Folker Comcast 7
3 David B. Ewing Synapse Wireless 6
#4 Travis L. Berry Comcast 5
#4 John J. Dernovsek Comcast 5
#4 Steven James Heinrich NVIDIA 5
#7 Cynthia Ann Edgeworth Allison 4
#8 Stephen D. Mays, II Comcast 3
#8 Avery Long Square D 3
#8 Kevin Banks Synapse Wireless 3
#8 James Leroy Deming NVIDIA 3
#8 Carl Gaufin Tse Brakes 3
#8 Seoju Lee Merck 3
#8 Fred Chu Adtran 3
#8 Mary J. Bossard Nektar Therapeutics 3
#16 John A. Teubert Kohler 2
#16 Bhalchandra V. Joshi Nektar Therapeutics 2
#16 Jason N. Morgan Adtran 2
#16 Coleman D. Bagwell Synapse Wireless 2
#16 Darrell Diem Perdiemco 2
#16 Kirk A. Fuller Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide 2
#16 Khursheed Anwer Clsn Laboratories 2
#16 Leif J. Sandstrom Adtran 2
#16 David Blevins Comcast 2
#16 James M. Milstead The Boeing 2
#16 Rodrigo E. Teixeira Streamline Automation 2
#16 Deborah Pinkerton Comcast 2
#16 Patrick L. Spence Nektar Therapeutics 2
#16 Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian Cfd Research 2
#16 Majed Matar Clsn Laboratories 2
#16 Jason Scott Gurley Yale Security 2
#16 Mark C. Rudolph Adtran 2
#16 Stewart Glenn Carlton NVIDIA 2
#16 Jason Fewell Clsn Laboratories 2
#16 Thomas M. Poehlman Comcast 2
#16 Zhihao Fang Serina Therapeutics 2
#16 Lance Alan Wolf Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#16 Patrick A. Price Adtran 2
#16 Tacey X. Viegas Nektar Therapeutics 2
#16 Joseph McGinty Yale Security 2
#41 Walter Martin Steverson Adtran 1
#41 Gabriel B. Collins Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#41 John T. Cooklis Avocent Huntsville 1
#41 Carlos A. León y León Hexcel 1
#41 Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy Cfd Research 1
#41 Richard Adams Gec-Marconi 1
#41 Matthew C. Birch Orbital Research 1
#41 Trevor Guldstrand Toray Fluorofibers (America) 1
#41 Nicholas Peterson US Air Force 1
#41 John C. Osborne The Boeing 1

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