Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Montgomery, AL ranks #3,309 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 36 patents from 23 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Montgomery, AL include Rheem Manufacturing, The Water Heater Industry Joint Research And Development Consortium, Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–23 of 23 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Troy E. Trant Rheem Manufacturing 4
1 Jozef Boros Rheem Manufacturing 4
1 Shannon Howard McCall The Water Heater Industry Joint Research And Development Consortium 4
#4 Ashwin Rao Rheem Manufacturing 2
#4 Piyush Porwal Rheem Manufacturing 2
#4 William J. Brennan Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership 2
#4 Jason Hall Rheem Manufacturing 2
#8 Stephen Jerald McDanal Jay R. Smith Mfg. 1
#8 Stephen W. Chandler Biovision Technologies 1
#8 Yen-Chu Chi 1
#8 Ronald E. Nesbitt Poarch Band Of Creek Indians 1
#8 Steve R. Best Auburn University 1
#8 Thomas J. Wool 1
#8 Keith Tuck 1
#8 Tobey Fowler Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 Divakar Mantha Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 Olakunle Harrison 1
#8 Hafez Raeisi Fard Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 David Campbell McDow Golden Rule Fasteners 1
#8 Shubham Srivastava Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 Bruce Hotton Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 Joshua Renier Rheem Manufacturing 1
#8 Henry Copeland 1

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