Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Baton Rouge, LA ranks #358 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,737 patents from 1,896 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Baton Rouge, LA include ExxonMobil, Ethyl, Scroll Technologies. That works out to 38.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,896 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roby Bearden, Jr. ExxonMobil 79
2 Joe D. Sauer Ethyl 71
3 Kenneth R. Clem ExxonMobil 65
#4 Jason Hugenroth Scroll Technologies 64
#4 William C. Baird, Jr. ExxonMobil 64
#6 Quy That Ton Ecotech Marine 62
#7 Charles H. Mauldin ExxonMobil 61
#8 Yong-Hwan Lee Samsung 57
#9 James E. Borland Ethyl 54
#9 Charles H. Kolich Albemarle 54
#11 Thomas H. Hayes Ethyl 53
#12 Robert C. Schucker ExxonMobil 52
#13 Bonnie G. McKinnie Ethyl 51
#14 William E. Lewis ExxonMobil 50
#14 Kenneth L. Riley ExxonMobil 50
#16 David Reginald Carver Carver Scientific 49
#17 Gordon F. Stuntz ExxonMobil 48
#18 Russell John Koveal ExxonMobil 46
#18 Christopher J. Nalepa Albemarle 46
#20 Matthew S. Kelly IBM 45
#20 Robert P. Hammer Cornell Research Foundation 45
#22 William E. Winter ExxonMobil 43
#23 Clyde L. Aldridge ExxonMobil 42
#24 John Y. Lee Albemarle 41
#24 Ramzi Y. Saleh ExxonMobil 41
#26 Steven P. Diefenbach Albemarle 39
#27 Jeff B. Jordan Southern Audio Services 38
#27 Bruce R. Cook ExxonMobil 38
#29 George A. Swan, III ExxonMobil 37
#29 Matthew G. Thorn Chevron 37
#31 Donghui Zhang Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 35
#32 John D. Myers Kigre 33
#32 Mahmood Sabahi Albemarle 33
#32 Jorge Soto ExxonMobil 33
#35 Martin Feldman Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 32
#35 Tse-Chong Wu Albemarle 32
#37 William A. Wachter ExxonMobil 30
#37 Raleigh L. Cox Pentair Pump Group 30
#37 Michele S. Touvelle ExxonMobil 30
#37 Samuel A. Sangokoya Albemarle 30
#41 Chi Hung Cheng Albemarle 28
#41 Kym B. Arcuri ExxonMobil 28
#41 W. Dirk Klobucar Ethyl 28
#41 Meng-Sheng Ao Albemarle 28
#45 Roger A. Laine Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 27
#45 Paul E. Eberly, Jr. ExxonMobil 27
#45 Thanikavelu Manimaran Ethyl 27
#45 Hassan Y. Elnagar Albemarle 27
#45 Charles J. Mart ExxonMobil 27
#45 Duane K. Wolcott 27

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