Mobile, AL ranks #3,236 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 40 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mobile, AL include Icontrol Networks, Opë, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Byrd | — | 4 |
| 2 | James Allen Johnson | Icontrol Networks | 3 |
| 2 | Robert Chad McCollum | Opë | 3 |
| 2 | Joshua Norman Smith | Opë | 3 |
| #5 | Priya Pari Bhagat | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide | 2 |
| #5 | Robert Brownlee | Honeywell | 2 |
| #5 | John Calagaz | Fishing Chaos | 2 |
| #5 | David Fleetwood | — | 2 |
| #9 | Gary A. Piazza | Cell Pathways | 1 |
| #9 | William B. March | Apple | 1 |
| #9 | Jaikishan Maru | West | 1 |
| #9 | Matthew Robert Burton | — | 1 |
| #9 | Preston W. Hughes, III | — | 1 |
| #9 | Jeffery James Jackson | — | 1 |
| #9 | Brook Allen Ettestad | — | 1 |
| #9 | Charles R. Welch | US Army | 1 |
| #9 | Charles R. Hanes, II | Boston Scientific Scimed | 1 |
| #9 | Richmond Italia | G.I. Sportz | 1 |
| #9 | Eugene Sullivan | Clyde Bergemann | 1 |
| #9 | Larita Robinson | — | 1 |
| #9 | Khoi Hoang | Dynamic Method Enterprise Limited | 1 |
| #9 | Steven W. Bailey | South Alabama Medical Science Foundation | 1 |
| #9 | Brian Williamson | Qubicaamf Worldwide | 1 |
| #9 | Richard Earl Preston | Opë | 1 |
| #9 | Mark Oliver Loftin | Phg Energy | 1 |
| #9 | Thomas Sarhan | — | 1 |
| #9 | Adam Paul Stewart | Taghleef Industries | 1 |
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