Covington, KY ranks #4,476 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 24 patents from 18 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Covington, KY include The Procter & Gamble, Locl Pharma, Smith & Nephew. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–18 of 18 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Jane Combs | The Procter & Gamble | 3 |
| 1 | Ray Takigiku | Locl Pharma | 3 |
| 3 | Michael T. Roller | Smith & Nephew | 2 |
| 3 | Robert Eugene Heard | The Procter & Gamble | 2 |
| #5 | Xiaochen Wei | University Of Kentucky | 1 |
| #5 | David Hayne | — | 1 |
| #5 | Elizabeth Marguerite Grubow | The Procter & Gamble | 1 |
| #5 | Mark Mock | Accuvein | 1 |
| #5 | Nicholas Stone | Gloucestershire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust | 1 |
| #5 | James Matthew Owen | The Procter & Gamble | 1 |
| #5 | Aaron K. Hunter | Intel | 1 |
| #5 | Lauren W. Woodrick | Smith & Nephew | 1 |
| #5 | Richard B. Beaven | Modern Surgical Solutions | 1 |
| #5 | Darwin L. Schultz | Johnson & Johnson | 1 |
| #5 | Ronnie Wilson | Equistar Chemicals, Lp | 1 |
| #5 | Jessica Grossman | Gynesonics | 1 |
| #5 | James H. Allen | Totes | 1 |
| #5 | Greg Neiheisel | — | 1 |
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