Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Buford, GA ranks #2,498 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,245 patents from 236 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buford, GA include Dell Products, Ncr, Dyson Technology Limited. That works out to 72.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 236 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles D. Robison Dell Products 108
2 Donald A. Collins, Jr. Ncr 64
3 David Michael Jones Dyson Technology Limited 45
3 William C. VerSteeg Cisco 45
#5 Mark Steven Jeffries Austin Hardware & Supply 44
#6 John M. Riney Nordson 42
#7 John Schuch Manufacturing Resources International 41
#8 Jared Nelson Novartis Ag 31
#9 David Pullen Broadcom 29
#10 William C. Ver Steeg Cisco 24
#11 Gregory A. Sandels Ofs Fitel 21
#11 Jeffery R. Beasley General Instrument 21
#11 Norman Allen Smith Austin Hardware & Supply 21
#14 David Shaw Broadcom 18
#15 Robert Walden Kubota 16
#16 Diane Marie Larsen Creative Nail Design 15
#16 Andrew J. Adamec Ncr 15
#16 Julio Pimentel Anitox 15
#19 David Jackson Optimist Inhaler 14
#19 Pavel Mamut Versionone 14
#19 Rick Kauffman Howard Industries 14
#19 Michael D. Slawinski Unknown 14
#23 Charles Edward Bolian, II Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 13
#24 James A. Worsham AT&T 12
#25 Matthew Stewart GE 11
#25 Aaron P. Clark Motorola 11
#27 Brian Claise Groupchatter 10
#28 Allen Gilliard Novartis Ag 9
#28 Bruce Beeco Cox Communications 9
#28 Kurt W. Johnson Basic Concepts 9
#28 Jeffrey Scott Dolby Alcoa 9
#28 Russell M. Smith Optimist Inhaler 9
#33 David Trenbeath Cottrell 8
#33 Bryan Keith Tarleton Cellemetry 8
#33 Gary William Reiss IBM 8
#33 David Borges Polytec Gmbh 8
#33 Douglas J. Merrell Viasat 8
#33 Chris Gerlach Ethox Chemicals 8
#39 Chung Man Kim Seoul National University R&Db Foundation 7
#39 Michael K. Reed Ncr 7
#39 Michael D. Brown Agjunction 7
#39 Raymond Strawn Stork Gamco 7
#43 James Washburn Siemens Industry 6
#43 Maximilian Schmitt Heraeus Quarzglas 6
#43 William Carlson Sanofi-Aventis 6
#43 Sam M. Gladstone Avery Dennison 6
#43 Carter Crittenden Bennett 6
#43 J. Stephen Wells Hayes Microcomputer Products 6
#43 Mike Davies Chattem 6
#43 Wayne A. Tangen HP 6

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