Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Decatur, AL ranks #3,421 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 870 patents from 272 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, AL include Viking Solutions, Chrysler Motors, The Boeing. That works out to 15.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 272 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ronald R. Woller Viking Solutions 44
2 Alfred H. Glover Chrysler Motors 39
3 John Dalton Williams The Boeing 30
3 Danny H. Lewis Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics 30
#5 Arthur Winston Martin Corning Incorporated 23
#6 James O. Sims 21
#7 Douglas P. Henderson Colgate-Palmolive 20
#8 Richard A. Henry Illinois Tool Works 16
#9 Gary Grantland Gte Automatic Electric Incorporated 14
#9 Jared D. Cress Adtran 14
#11 Arthur Russell Nelson Toray Fluorofibers (America) 13
#11 John A. Woller Ebsco Industries 13
#13 Petur Thors Wolverine Tube 12
#13 William Kennedy Microsoft 12
#13 Robert M. Newman Unknown 12
#16 David A. Bittle US Army 11
#17 John A. Woller Viking Solutions 10
#18 Bonnie J. Campbell Wolverine Tube 9
#18 Brian Terry Willo Products Company 9
#20 Hamilton G. Moore Correlated Magnetics Research 8
#20 James C. White Leach 8
#20 Robert L. Broad, Jr. Alfa Laval Corporate Ab 8
#20 Gayle Stephenson Nektar Therapeutics 8
#20 Brian S. Foss Willo Products Company 8
#20 Larry A. Last 3M 8
#26 Joseph M. Lacey Houston Medical Robotics 7
#26 William Clinton Osteen 7
#26 Matt P. Heinrich Willo Products Company 7
#26 Gary J. Capone Soliton 7
#30 Edward P. Habdas Uop 6
#30 Tyde Meadows Socrates Health Solutions 6
#30 Terence A. Lee 3M 6
#30 David Stoner 3Com 6
#30 Henry C. Allen US Army 6
#35 Keith H. Clark NASA 5
#35 Jon D. Aaron Uop 5
#35 William Caleb Lucas Advanced Optical Systems 5
#35 Charles E. Cutchens 5
#39 Lynn D. Ozier Willo Products Company 4
#39 Melvin A. Bryant, III NASA 4
#39 John Herring The Procter & Gamble 4
#39 Curtis W. Worden Intergraph 4
#39 Cameron M. Stubbs Intergraph 4
#39 Miles E. Holloman US Army 4
#39 Auborn R. Hampton 4
#39 William Peppler Chore-Time Equipment 4
#39 Stanley Wayne Bevans 4
#39 Paul E. Chism, Jr. Unknown 4
#39 Donald E. Hutchings Chrysler Group 4
#39 William Buxton Nucor 4

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