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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Daphne, AL ranks #10,424 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 189 patents from 67 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Daphne, AL include Breed Automotive Technology, Wayne-Dalton, Coltec Industries. That works out to 6.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 67 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Said Nakhla Breed Automotive Technology 18
2 Derek S. Paquette Wayne-Dalton 14
3 Steven D. Centers Coltec Industries 13
#4 James William Brogdon Teledyne Industries 10
#4 James Edwin Wiley, JR. Tate & Lyle Technology Limited 10
#6 Rudolf Schoenenberg Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag 9
#7 Tony Ray Adair Strength Of Nature 8
#8 J. William Brogdon Teledyne Industries 6
#9 Donn K. Kauffman Unknown 5
#9 Amanda Lewis Amgen 5
#11 John Brewster Airbus Americas 4
#11 John Q. Richardson Coltec Industries 4
#13 Mark N. Gillespie University Of South Alabama 3
#13 Glenn R. Wilson University Of South Alabama 3
#13 Seyed Mehdi Tavana Zeneca Limited 3
#13 Reginald G. Keetley Teledyne Industries 3
#13 David Jacob Fannon 3
#13 Marlowe Cameron Bjorklund GE 3
#19 Calvin L. Seals 2
#19 Thomas E. Robison 2
#19 Robert E. Swindle 2
#19 Marion W. Smith 2
#19 Paul G. Moffat Coltec Industries 2
#19 Hussam El-Jobran Continental Motors 2
#19 Scott Blair 2
#19 Ashley Wolchina Allison 2
#19 Carl R. Goulet Teledyne Industries 2
#19 Allan P. Short 2
#19 Tilden S. Tippit 2
#19 Robert Langham Pilkington Group Limited 2
#19 Heith Little Aker Solutions Limited 2
#19 Charles Michael Blevins 2
#19 Leonard L. Scott Olin 2
#19 Christopher Todd Harlan University Of South Alabama 2
#35 Cory Mitchell, Sr. 1
#35 Kirk A. Boothe IBM 1
#35 William Brogdon Teledyne Industries 1
#35 Hannon S. Hairston ExxonMobil 1
#35 Mark Boyles 1
#35 Jack E. Stover 1
#35 John K. Cumbie, Jr. 1
#35 David R. Donaldson 1
#35 Larry W. Bass Ciba-Geigy 1
#35 Colonel W. Scott 1
#35 Hugh M. Simpson 1
#35 Spencer Rendall Radiance Technologies 1
#35 Newte Harris 1
#35 Timothy Miles Kenney Continental Motors 1
#35 Andrea K. Lomax 1
#35 Michael S. Lomax 1

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