Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Memphis, TN ranks #412 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 360 patents from 199 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Memphis, TN include Pioneer (Corteva), Whitmor, Alcon. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 199 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark J. Hood Pioneer (Corteva) 12
2 Sandy Felsenthal Whitmor 11
2 Steven T. Charles Alcon 11
#4 Christine Holmes Hunter Fan 9
#4 Alexander Jonathan Haggar Hunter Fan 9
#6 William D. Armstrong Warsaw Orthopedic 8
#7 John Kelyman Brunn Air Systems 6
#7 Jeffrey J. Shea Smith & Nephew 6
#9 William F. McKay Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#9 Virginia Leigh Richardson Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#9 Kidong Yu Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#9 Michael P. Conti Whirlpool 5
#13 Daniel R. Goldberg Gyrus Acmi 4
#13 Carrie L. Surgeon Warsaw Orthopedic 4
#13 Sunjoo Ahn Gtx 4
#13 Jonathan M. Dewey Warsaw Orthopedic 4
#13 Steve Westcott Whitmor 4
#13 Scott Renner Warsaw Orthopedic 4
#13 Lauren Budzak Whitmor 4
#20 Alan G. Taylor In2Bones Usa 3
#20 Cody Lyle Mayer Transform Sr Brands 3
#20 Cristian A. Capote Warsaw Orthopedic 3
#20 Anthony York Brunn Air Systems 3
#20 Dustin Bobbitt Warsaw Orthopedic 3
#20 Thamarai Ponnusamy University Of Tennessee 3
#20 Jeffrey A. Sharp Smith & Nephew 3
#20 Kohsuke Watanabe Smith & Nephew 3
#20 Elizabeth J. Sander Wright Medical Technology 3
#20 Kevin L. Martin Caterpillar 3
#20 Sidney Medlock 3
#20 Carlos Eduardo Gil Treace Medical Concepts 3
#20 Kimble Jenkins Mri Interventions 3
#33 Sied W. Janna Smith & Nephew 2
#33 Carrie L. Gowan Warsaw Orthopedic 2
#33 Jeffrey L. Scifert Warsaw Orthopedic 2
#33 Jin Wang University Of Tennessee 2
#33 Grant Donnelly Foy Spectranetics 2
#33 Brandon M. Young St. Jude Children'S Research Hospital 2
#33 Kerem N. Kalpakci Warsaw Orthopedic 2
#33 Rickey Thomas Jones Hunter Fan 2
#33 Agustin Chacon Hunter Fan 2
#33 Jacob Zimmerman Warsaw Orthopedic 2
#33 Michael Herndon Whitmor 2
#33 Phillip Santolucito Hunter Fan 2
#33 Joel Willhite Gyrus Acmi 2
#33 Todd A. Glover Innovation 2
#33 Donavon R. Feenstra Passport Health Communications 2
#33 Harold S. Taylor Warsaw Orthopedic 2
#33 Michael O'Neil Medos International Sarl 2
#33 Thomas E. McNeel Buckman Laboratories International 2

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