Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cullman, AL ranks #8,089 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 272 patents from 90 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cullman, AL include Bellsouth Intellectual Property, Hired Hand Manufacturing, Homtex. That works out to 14.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 90 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul Rivers Bellsouth Intellectual Property 27
2 Grant W. Crider Hired Hand Manufacturing 22
3 Gerald E. Wootten, Jr. Homtex 19
#4 Bryan Smith Illinois Tool Works 12
#5 Mark K. Hamm Engineered Controls International 9
#5 Jack F. Fritchman White Consolidated Industries 9
#7 Kevin Thomas Nutanix 7
#7 Albert William Thibodeaux, Jr. 7
#9 Will Brandon Drake Tse Brakes 6
#10 Mark McMeen Kyzen 5
#10 Douglas Franklin 5
#10 Mark Francis Murphy Lululemon Athletica Canada 5
#10 Jason Kramer Webb Wheel Products 5
#14 John Self Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S. 4
#14 Jacob P. Jackson Bellsouth Intellectual Property 4
#14 Thomas Hewer Delphi Technologies 4
#14 Kelly Bradford Lakeland Industries 4
#18 Scott Hanna Graphite Sales 3
#18 Jacob P. Speed Textron Innovations 3
#18 George W. Morrow 3
#18 Paul D. Levering Webb Wheel Products 3
#18 Kok Gaither-Ho Tse Brakes 3
#18 Steven Alldredge Fontaine Fifth Wheel 3
#18 Erik D. Arendall 3
#18 David Boike Mindspeed Technologies, Llc. 3
#18 Byron E. Cornett Webb Wheel Products 3
#18 Jeff C. Robinson Lawrence Livermore National Security 3
#18 Jerry D. Cornelius Basf Catalysts 3
#18 Anthony L. Ellard Hired Hand Manufacturing 3
#18 Herbert L. Carpenter, Jr. Greif Bros. 3
#18 Bill W. Dyer 3
#32 Joshua K. Young Cerro Wire 2
#32 Clifford V. Mitchell Advanced Systems And Technologies 2
#32 Donnie T. Walden The Boeing 2
#32 Jan C. Lepley 2
#32 Jack H. Keller Chicago Bridge & Iron 2
#32 Richard A. Gautreaux, II Motorola 2
#32 John A. Schaeffel, Jr. US Army 2
#32 Jeremy L. Zills Webb Wheel Products 2
#32 Delmer R. Riffe White Consolidated Industries 2
#32 Barry Boike Motorola 2
#32 Johnny W Dingler United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. 2
#32 Theodore Peters Car-O-Liner 2
#32 E. Autry King 2
#32 Lesley R. Jenkins Unknown 2
#32 Johnny L Smith 2
#32 Joseph Andrew Querin The Boeing 2
#32 William E Cobb The United States Of America 2
#49 John W. Brill 1
#49 Vernon L. Milburn 1

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