Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chattanooga, TN ranks #1,823 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,822 patents from 608 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chattanooga, TN include Telebrands, M & M Industries, Westinghouse Electric. That works out to 10.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 608 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lou Lentine Telebrands 38
2 Glenn H. Morris, Sr. M & M Industries 34
3 Kevin J. Foley Westinghouse Electric 33
#4 Glenn H. Morris, Jr. M & M Industries 29
#5 Ralph F. Altman Electric Power Research Institute 21
#6 J. Donald Brock 20
#6 Jerry L. Wilson Unknown 20
#8 Edward L. Davis General American Transportation 19
#8 John Joseph Matthews REES Engineered Floors 19
#8 John P. Cook Emerson Power Transmission 19
#11 Carlos Stephen Moreno Mueller International 18
#11 Johnny Lamar Brown 18
#13 Annette Marie Stroud 17
#13 James D. Brock 17
#15 Donald L. Bryson IBM 16
#15 David Smith Exelixis 16
#15 Nigel P. Beard Applied Biosystems 16
#15 Albert A. Andrews High Country Archery 16
#19 David L. Fair Olin 15
#19 John J. M. Rees Columbia Insurance 15
#21 Shelton T. Barnes Maytag 14
#22 Jeffrey Ware Maytag 13
#22 Benjamin R. Elliott Omnimax International 13
#22 Roger A. Ross E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 13
#22 Brian K. Lovelady Tuftco 13
#26 James W. Franklin Belarc 12
#27 James K. Hayes Combustion Engineering 11
#28 James Andrew Burran Afs Newco 10
#28 John Milstead 10
#28 John Cooper Infineon Technologies Ag 10
#28 Taylor Jones Understory 10
#28 Richard B. Moore Basf Se 10
#33 Timothy Frost Burner Systems International 9
#33 J. Don Brock 9
#33 Richard W. Lynch Olin 9
#33 Ralph McConnell Miller Industries Towing Equipment 9
#33 Benjamin Bayless Afs Newco 9
#33 Jonathan Cutrell Understory 9
#33 Jack G. Haselwander Belmont Textile Machinery 9
#33 Richard Burke Alcatel Canada 9
#33 Richard Christian Roadtec 9
#33 Sean Michael Allen Mueller International 9
#33 Max M. Beasley Tuftco 9
#33 Dean Smith Colonial Chemical 9
#33 Robert Kintu Ddamulira W.F. Taylor 9
#46 Edward C. Hepworth Motorola 8
#46 Henry T. Childs Temperature Adjusters 8
#46 George Mullinix 8
#46 Chris Hawk Lubing Maschinenfabrik Ludwig Bening Gmbh & Co. Kg 8
#46 Eric J. Vaughen Tuftco 8

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