Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Athens, GA ranks #1,187 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,823 patents from 710 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Athens, GA include Tyco Electronics Co., University Of Georgia, Callaway Golf.

Showing 1–50 of 710 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian Patrick Costello Tyco Electronics Co. 152
2 Chung K. Chu University Of Georgia 71
3 Daniel M. Stevens Callaway Golf 49
#4 Donglin Zhang Shenzhen Yuyiyuan Technology Co. 47
#5 Patrick McDonald Carrier 43
#6 Joseph Pruitt Align Machine Works 39
#7 Alex J. Harvey Synageva Biopharma 36
#8 Chandra Ramanathan Bristol-Myers Squibb 34
#9 John M. Ruter University Of Georgia 32
#10 Thomas Schulz Viacyte 30
#11 Vohn McLeish Carrier 29
#12 Thomas Cona Resource Consortium Limited 28
#13 Jeffrey Broadrick Align Machine Works 26
#13 Brantley W. Coile Cisco 26
#13 Steven J. Catani Tate & Lyle Public Limited 26
#13 Geert-Jan Boons University Of Georgia 26
#17 Allan J. Robins Viacyte 24
#18 Jeffrey C. Rapp Synageva Biopharma 23
#19 Kyle Aasness Progressive International 22
#20 Steven Stice University Of Georgia 20
#20 Christophe Wagner Certainteed 20
#22 Dennis E. Kyle University Of South Florida 19
#22 Steven C. Cooper Mystic Tan 19
#24 Norman J. Stern USDA 18
#24 Justin H. Sanders Econtrols 18
#24 Bruce F. Wong Cisco 18
#24 Michael Simms Shuler J&M Shuler Medical 18
#24 Lyle T. Keister Resilient Power Systems 18
#29 Bentley J. Palmer Air Products And Chemicals 17
#30 Christopher Porter Electronics For Imaging 16
#31 Darrell Sparks University Of Georgia 15
#31 David Jonathan Roberts Bailey Nurseries 15
#31 James L. Hanna The Mead 15
#34 Lars G. Ljungdahl University Of Georgia 14
#34 Justin Schulze Bailey Nurseries 14
#34 William Carlton Tally Medipal Holdings 14
#37 Walter Edward Hargrove, III Gtc Properties 13
#37 Jun Guo University Of Georgia 13
#37 Yajun Yan University Of Georgia 13
#37 Charles A. Uzes 13
#41 Frederic David Merial 12
#41 James Michael Pierce Abbott 12
#41 Wei Tang Shanghai Institute Of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy Of Sciences 12
#41 Richard E. Thomas US Air Force 12
#45 Andrew Johnson Edgecraft 11
#45 Frank H. Grimes Westinghouse Electric 11
#45 Michael M. Glenn Tree Introductions 11
#45 Freeland Abbott Yahoo Holdings 11
#45 Hitesh Handa University Of Georgia 11
#50 Robert J. Woods University Of Georgia 10

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