Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Alabaster, AL ranks #10,492 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 187 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Alabaster, AL include Oliver Technologies, The Uab Research Foundation, AT&T. That works out to 5.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Oliver Oliver Technologies 43
2 Donald J. Buchsbaum The Uab Research Foundation 18
3 Gary Tennyson AT&T 16
#4 Eric Small University Of Texas System 8
#4 James Oliver Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 8
#6 Andre Moore 7
#7 Samuel T. Christian Glycon 5
#7 A. Gregory Bailey Crystal Medical Technology, A Division Of Folsom Metal Products 5
#7 Eugene Owen, Jr. Bellsouth Intellectual Property 5
#10 Drew Ann Long 4
#10 Bryan L. Singer Rockwell Automation 4
#10 Julie Decker Duke University 4
#10 Martha Warren Bidez Biohorizons Implant Systems 4
#10 Terry Kevin Brown GE 4
#15 Virginia Lewis-Hawkins AT&T 3
#15 Gary D. Sides 3
#15 Ira L. Joy Combustion Engineering 3
#15 Richard Kilgore Home Box Office 3
#19 Daniel Furlong AT&T 2
#19 Frank D. DeCord, Jr. Vulcan Engineering 2
#19 Timothy Neil Morton Ebsco Industries 2
#19 Frank D. Ivester Combustion Engineering 2
#19 James M. Furline 2
#19 Ed Rogers 2
#19 Roy W. Gilbert 2
#26 Antoine Ibrahim Hallit Vulcan Engineering 1
#26 Gene Anstaett Folsom Metal Products 1
#26 Caleb C. Collins, I 1
#26 William C. Wagers Combustion Engineering 1
#26 Larry E. Cain 1
#26 JoyAnn S Roett-O'Connor Unknown 1
#26 Changdan Liu The Uab Research Foundation 1
#26 John Eley 1
#26 Daryl K. Hallmark Southern Company Services 1
#26 Terry L. Valentine 1
#26 James Clyde McNeely, Sr. Southern Company Services 1
#26 Ronald Alan Perkins Southern Company Services 1
#26 Halbert I. Hickman, Jr. 1
#26 Tim M. Blackmon Bear Creek Technologies 1
#26 Daniel Spain AT&T 1
#26 Richard D. Bowar 1
#26 Robert A. Goodner, Jr. 1
#26 April A. Owen AT&T 1
#26 William H. Beauchamp Bellsouth Intellectual Property 1
#26 Lawanda Denise Baker Unknown 1
#26 Samuel B. Abston, II Progress Rail Services 1
#26 Maureen Donohue 1
#26 Brandon Wedgeworth Change Healthcare Holdings 1
#26 Timothy Thurber Unknown 1
#26 Christopher Michael Schwab Unknown 1

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