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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

DeRidder, LA ranks #20,555 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 63 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in DeRidder, LA include Kaplan, Minntech, Boise Cascade. That works out to 6.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dean A. Caldwell Kaplan 13
2 Bruce D. Martin Minntech 5
3 Robert S. Meadows 4
#4 Harold L. Newman Boise Cascade 3
#4 George Merritt McGregor, II 3
#4 Bruce C. Schmidt 3M 3
#4 Spencer Alan Reiter 3
#8 Amy Chang-Murad Children'S Medical Center 2
#8 Charles J. Upchurch 2
#8 Jack Daugherty 2
#8 Louis Tortorelli 2
#12 Harvey L. Burnett 1
#12 John M. Sliman 1
#12 Donna M. Sliman 1
#12 Samuel Henderson 1
#12 Giles D. Gober 1
#12 Cecil E. Thompson, Jr. 1
#12 Gordon Guillory University Of Louisiana At Lafayette 1
#12 Wyatt Carney 1
#12 Paula Beth Dupas Benjamin-Guillory 1
#12 Jerry W. Courmier 1
#12 Kerryl Lynne Henderson 1
#12 William R. Creel 1
#12 Walter H. McManus 1
#12 Dennis P. Wagnon 1
#12 Jimmy A. Ferriss 1
#12 Patrick Sandel 1
#12 Mikel Landry Willis 1
#12 Angela Laverne Lovely 1
#12 Madeline Carol Boillat-Macon 1
#12 Duncan Clanton 1
#12 Ferlon Self 1

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