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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