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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arab, AL ranks #5,510 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 468 patents from 70 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arab, AL include Atrion Medical Products, Ryder International Co., Chrysler Motors. That works out to 55.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 70 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rowland W. Kanner Atrion Medical Products 102
2 Francis E. Ryder Ryder International Co. 95
3 Stephen P. Lisak Ryder International Co. 37
#4 Joseph T. Betterton Chrysler Motors 34
#5 Richard Rabenau Ryder International Co. 21
#6 Paul L. Brown Dow Corning 18
#7 Michael Jones Tula Health 16
#8 Larry Lee Young Atrion Medical Products 13
#9 John Dwight England NASA 11
#10 Julian L. Cothran US Army 8
#10 Jonathan Collins Atrion Medical Products 8
#12 Terry B. Kehne Ryder International Co. 7
#13 George Beason Zee 5
#13 Scott Dendy Adtran 5
#13 Scott O'Dell Eastman Kodak 5
#16 William E. Cooley Micropure 4
#16 Michael Camp Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh 4
#18 Al Seitz Mueller 3
#18 John D. Emerson US Army 3
#18 Blair J. Herren NASA 3
#18 Michael J. Balducci Avocent Huntsville 3
#18 Harold L. Purdy Ryder International Co. 3
#23 James Helms Corbis 2
#23 Lott W. Brantley, Jr. 2
#23 Stanley L. Pruett US Army 2
#23 Radford French Ppg Industries 2
#23 Gary W. Kennedy 2
#23 Alva W. Bass US Army 2
#23 J. Scott O'Dell 2
#23 Rayburn K. Widner US Army 2
#23 Merlin R. Dummer Eaton 2
#23 James A. Feemster Sci Systems 2
#23 Jeffrey D. Lackey NASA 2
#23 Lucian James Copeland Eaton 2
#35 Larry T. Ryder Ryder International Co. 1
#35 Carol Johnson Cranford 1
#35 John B. Miller Emerson Vulcan Holding 1
#35 George K. Hodges Sandia 1
#35 Robert Sorrells 1
#35 Christopher Resha 1
#35 Hunter Chase Fowler 1
#35 William M. Fowler 1
#35 Gregory A Yarbrough Halkey-Roberts 1
#35 Timothy M. Stanford Quadrum Telecommunications 1
#35 William D. Washington US Army 1
#35 Floyd L. Hill 1
#35 Billy Dunn 1
#35 Charles Bishop US Army 1
#35 Jimmy R. Bobo 1
#35 Billy D. Newland Eaton 1

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