Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Decatur, AL ranks #4,663 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 23 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, AL include The Boeing, 3M, Hexcel. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Dalton Williams The Boeing 4
2 Larry A. Last 3M 1
2 Mark Lee Cochran 1
2 Thomas A Siniard 1
2 Chrissy Kay Cleveland 1
2 Michael E. Yurchenko Hexcel 1
2 Dave Wood Nilfisk A/S 1
2 David Stoner 3Com 1
2 John A. Woller Viking Solutions 1
2 Ronald R. Woller Viking Solutions 1
2 Tyde Meadows Socrates Health Solutions 1
2 John A. Youngblood 1
2 Lynn D. Ozier Willo Products Company 1
2 Brian Terry Willo Products Company 1
2 Donathan Eugene Hutchings 1
2 Matt P. Heinrich Willo Products Company 1
2 Arthur Winston Martin Corning Incorporated 1
2 Albert D. Wallace 1
2 Brian S. Foss Willo Products Company 1
2 Douglas P. Henderson Colgate-Palmolive 1

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