Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Decatur, GA ranks #669 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 211 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, GA include Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, Seasons 4, Microsoft. That works out to 8.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel Marks Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 16
2 Jason Loomis Seasons 4 11
3 Mark R. Ligameri Microsoft 8
#4 Bradford Reese Kids Ii Hape Joint Venture Limited 7
#5 Joel Grayson Webber Fullstory 6
#5 Michael S. DeFranks Dreamwell 6
#7 James David Ross Axion Biosystems 5
#8 Evan Hurst Airwatch 4
#8 Michael James Flint Pfizer 4
#8 Xiaodong Cheng Eucure (Beijing) Biopharma Co. 4
#8 Thomas Fenderson Kemira Oyj 4
#8 James Patrick Hanley Landis+Gyr Innovations 4
#8 Eric Boese Aristocrat Technologies 4
#14 Yendia Williams Purewick 3
#14 Christina Gavegnano Emory University 3
#14 Ryan Cino 1Q 3
#14 John Gohde C.R. Bard 3
#14 Patrick G. Traynor University of Florida 3
#14 Jaehyung Park Samsung 3
#14 Hans Utz Nissan North America 3
#14 Simon Coffin Turner Broadcasting System 3
#14 Forrest Starnes McCanless Abl Ip Holding 3
#14 Raymond J. Cummings Intercontinental Exchange Holdings 3
#14 Linda Roberts AT&T 3
#25 Richard K. Plemper Emory University 2
#25 Eric Bedell Utility Associates 2
#25 Phillip Van Trump Danimer Ipco. 2
#25 Ted Michael Davis Utility Associates 2
#25 James Blake Fievet Big Time Products 2
#25 Robert Butera Georgia Tech Research 2
#25 James G. Ronca Bank of America 2
#25 Didier Merlin Georgia State University 2
#25 Ruoya Wang Avent 2
#25 Sudip Rahman Khan Ncr 2
#25 Robert Kriegel 2
#25 Jonathan Hawkins Focused Technology Solutions 2
#37 Kristen A. Aceto-Netemeyer Abl Ip Holding 1
#37 Ji Woong Han Medexgen Incorporated 1
#37 Barbara Schlingmann Emory University 1
#37 Scott Graf 1
#37 Edward Wilson Licitra Corning Research & Development 1
#37 Janet D. Klein Emory University 1
#37 Scott Francis Adp 1
#37 Bao Trong Do Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#37 Benjamin Youngblood Emory University 1
#37 Joshua Casey Schwarber 1
#37 Scott Sheppard AT&T 1
#37 Maksim M. Kvetny Georgia State University 1
#37 Daniel Jack Peck 1
#37 Adam Wesley Allred Brk Brands 1

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