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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kingston, TN ranks #10,793 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 7 patents from 6 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kingston, TN include Tectus, Ut-Battelle, Timbre Technologies. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–6 of 6 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Llewellyn Owens Tectus 2
2 Alex C. Roschli Ut-Battelle 1
2 James Pogge Timbre Technologies 1
2 Christi R. Johnson Ut-Battelle 1
2 Charles W. Van Neste Ut-Battelle 1
2 Michael LOVELADY Lumentum Operations 1

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