Hoover, AL ranks #3,526 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 33 patents from 16 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hoover, AL include Fudan University, Colibri, Biocryst Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–16 of 16 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pengfei Wang | Fudan University | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew D. Smith | Colibri | 4 |
| 3 | Venkat R. Chintareddy | Biocryst Pharmaceuticals | 3 |
| 3 | Raymond George Thompson | Afl Telecommunications | 3 |
| 3 | Selvum Pillay | The Uab Research Foundation | 3 |
| #6 | Bini Mathew | Southern Research Institute | 2 |
| #6 | James L. Geer | Cameron International | 2 |
| #6 | Michael McGraw | South Dakota Board Of Regents | 2 |
| #6 | Seydou Diop | Hubbell Incorporated | 2 |
| #10 | Matthew Jaeh | Proctoru | 1 |
| #10 | Kevin Burton | Abb Vetco Gray | 1 |
| #10 | Marc Todd Yaeger | Open Invention Network Llc Nc | 1 |
| #10 | Vivekanand P Kamath | Biocryst Pharmaceuticals | 1 |
| #10 | Clifton Wayne Hankins | Sprint Communications | 1 |
| #10 | Robert John Konrad | Eli Lilly | 1 |
| #10 | Fayaz Ali | Avient | 1 |
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