Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chattanooga, TN ranks #1,804 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 74 patents from 55 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chattanooga, TN include Mueller International, Afs Newco, Westinghouse Electric. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 55 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Carlos Stephen Moreno Mueller International 4
1 Sean Michael Allen Mueller International 4
1 James Andrew Burran Afs Newco 4
#4 Kevin J. Foley Westinghouse Electric 3
#4 Benjamin Bayless Afs Newco 3
#6 Keith A. Chisholm Mars, Incorporated 2
#6 Robert B. Womack La-Z-Boy Incorporated 2
#6 Mary E. Kaylor Deroyal Industries 2
#6 Diego Aguilera Mueller International 2
#6 John Joseph Matthews REES Engineered Floors 2
#6 Russell Wayne Patterson 2
#12 Helge Carl Nestler 1
#12 Tony Leeseberg Burner Systems International 1
#12 Andrew Franklin Scarbrough 1
#12 Salil Shriram Vaijapurkar Playcore Wisconsin 1
#12 Benjamin Walter Southern Champion Tray 1
#12 Donald L. Bryson IBM 1
#12 Glenn Perry Combustion Engineering 1
#12 Rikel Barrott 1
#12 Bejamin Bayless Afs Newco 1
#12 Calvin Keeton 1
#12 John F. Buzinkai Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas 1
#12 John Cooper Infineon Technologies Ag 1
#12 D. Scott Manning Propex Operating Company 1
#12 Terrance Arthur Mowers Tarkett Usa 1
#12 Lisa Moore Playcore Wisconsin 1
#12 Pascale Didit Grenier Southern Champion Tray 1
#12 Michael Louis Broggi Mueller International 1
#12 Edward L. Davis General American Transportation 1
#12 Lillian Nichole Shelton Roadtec 1
#12 Nathan A. Brown Westinghouse Electric 1
#12 Curtis Phillips Robertshaw Controls 1
#12 Eric Rominger Unknown 1
#12 Bradford Cooley Watershed Geosynthetics 1
#12 Nicholas James Macco 1
#12 Rich Abercrombie 1
#12 Stephen A. Culp 1
#12 Bryan Gentry Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 1
#12 Lilian Bruce 1
#12 Brandon Bucholz La-Z-Boy Incorporated 1
#12 Emily Mauermann Playcore Wisconsin 1
#12 Mike Bass Astec Co. 1
#12 Bruce Keen Mars, Incorporated 1
#12 Byron Payne Roadtec 1
#12 Jim Ingraham 1
#12 Stephen Sapp Robertshaw Controls 1
#12 Andrew J. Gotliffe Westinghouse Electric 1
#12 William Braziel 1
#12 Neha Mardi Southern Champion Tray 1
#12 Sarah Barrott 1

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