Mobile, AL ranks #2,681 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 47 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mobile, AL include Cell Pathways, Fishing Chaos, Opë. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary A. Piazza | Cell Pathways | 6 |
| 2 | John Calagaz | Fishing Chaos | 4 |
| 3 | Robert Chad McCollum | Opë | 3 |
| 3 | Philip Owen Jung | Uop | 3 |
| 3 | Joshua Norman Smith | Opë | 3 |
| #6 | Priya Pari Bhagat | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide | 2 |
| #6 | Nemindra Mahathalagalage | — | 2 |
| #6 | Alex Petty | Global Tel*Link | 2 |
| #6 | Raymond Carney | Emc Ip Holding Company | 2 |
| #6 | Brian Williamson | Qubicaamf Worldwide | 2 |
| #6 | Clay A. Byron | Illinois Tool Works | 2 |
| #12 | Kirby J. Plessala | — | 1 |
| #12 | Victor Solodushko | University Of South Alabama | 1 |
| #12 | Scott Slaughter | — | 1 |
| #12 | Eugene Sullivan | Clyde Bergemann | 1 |
| #12 | Raynard Murphy, Sr. | — | 1 |
| #12 | Peter T. Falkner | — | 1 |
| #12 | Terry L. Gibson | Bell Helicopter Textron | 1 |
| #12 | Deneen T. Plessala | Unknown | 1 |
| #12 | Ansgar Oelmann | Evonik Operations Gmbh | 1 |
| #12 | James C. Ray | The Lubrizol | 1 |
| #12 | Douglas Mallonee | — | 1 |
| #12 | Carla W. Falkner | Unknown | 1 |
| #12 | Richard A. Alexander | ExxonMobil | 1 |
| #12 | Douglas R. Albro | West | 1 |
| #12 | James W. Yeager | Innoflex Incorporated | 1 |
| #12 | Carl Dekle | — | 1 |
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