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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Franklin, IN ranks #6,415 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 15 patents from 9 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Franklin, IN include Cummins, Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa, Dow Agrosciences. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–9 of 9 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gayatri Adi Cummins 4
1 Jeffery Prairie Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 4
3 John V. Watkin 1
3 Gregory J. Mitchum Cummins 1
3 Rick Vaughan Lewis, Jr. Cummins 1
3 Richard K. Mann Dow Agrosciences 1
3 Michael J. Ruth Cummins 1
3 Mark Nugent Sifive 1
3 Harold Metcalfe Audiovox 1

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