Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Covington, LA ranks #4,294 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 651 patents from 189 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Covington, LA include Laitram, Axonn, Dell Products. That works out to 56.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 189 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher G. Greve Laitram 62
2 Robert E. Rouquette Axonn 44
3 Michael T. Miller Dell Products 33
#4 Carl J. Laplace Siemens Energy & Automation 32
#5 Mark A. Johnson The Mead 23
#6 Jay G. Bianchini 16
#7 Philip Edmund Fox Halliburton Energy Services 15
#8 Edward J. Desporte Softear Technologies, L.L.C. 14
#9 Thomas Cherry Cook Medical Technologies 12
#10 Charlie Belsom Waskey Bridges 11
#10 Robert Thomas FRANZO Qualcomm 11
#12 Harry R. Layne Steel Block 8
#12 John B. Chaplin Textron 8
#12 Gameel Gabriel 8
#12 Ronald A. Boze Process Development 8
#16 Robert Magaletta Intercontinental Great Brands 7
#17 Tyner Brentz Strub Strubwerks 6
#17 Zula B. Cox 6
#17 Jerome F Krentel 6
#17 Ellison T. Gordon, Sr. 6
#17 W. Philip Nuss Halter Marine 6
#17 Jan Mikalsen C-Innovation 6
#17 Robert Franklin Morris, III 6
#24 William G. Robertson US Army 5
#24 Edward Q. Castle, Jr. Southern Linac 5
#24 Heidi Barnes Agilent Technologies 5
#24 Thomas Salvant 5
#24 Candace McCombs University Of Georgia 5
#29 John R. Vercellotti Immudyne 4
#29 Tor Eirik Oestrem Marine Technologies 4
#29 Eric Blanchard Globalstar 4
#29 Robert Forster Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 4
#29 Sam A. Tarver, III 4
#29 David M. Petraitis Dow Global Technologies 4
#29 Robert Henry Post 4
#29 Matti Palo 4
#29 Glenn C. MacDougall IBM 4
#29 Philip M. LeBlanc Allpax Products 4
#29 Edward F. Braithwaite, III US Navy 4
#40 Joanne B. Haas 3
#40 Gina Groh 3
#40 Norman K. Murray Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 3
#40 Ronnie Tanner Axonn, L.L.C. 3
#40 Robert Douglas Christ 3
#40 William M. Chilian Northeast Ohio Medical University 3
#40 Floyd Glen Hopkins, III 3
#40 John Eglin Williams 3
#40 John R. Spaar Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#40 Preston A. Marx Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 3
#40 Joseph Regard 3

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