Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Duluth, GA ranks #728 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,635 patents from 860 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Duluth, GA include Viasat, Nordson, Nanolumens Acquisition. That works out to 145.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 860 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald L. Runyon Viasat 102
2 Laurence B. Saidman Nordson 77
3 David Llewellyn 68
#4 Jennifer Ann Reynolds 62
#5 Richard C. Cope Nanolumens Acquisition 53
#6 David Ross Beppler AT&T 52
#6 Ian R. Scott Invue Security Products 52
#8 John Crooks Ncr 50
#9 Scott R. Swix AT&T 48
#10 Hsien-Hsin Sean Lee TSMC 44
#10 David Puleston Tego 44
#12 Rafael Yepez Ncr 42
#12 Amit Kulkarni Honeywell 42
#14 Chaoting Xuan Broadcom 41
#15 Kevin F. Hahnen Symbiosis 39
#15 Kevin O'Connor Manufacturing Resources International 39
#17 Jack N. Bartholmae Electronics For Imaging 37
#18 Peter W. Hildebrandt Steelcase 36
#19 Henry Wischusen, III Rock-Tenn 34
#19 Tian-An Chen Intel 34
#21 Scott E. Hrastar Airdefense 33
#21 Yuping Luo Kemira Oyj 33
#23 Arturo Norberto Medina Novartis Ag 32
#24 Courtney St. Martin USAA 31
#25 Kinney C. Bacon Scientific-Atlanta 30
#25 Peter W. Estelle Nordson 30
#25 Anandh Mahalingam American Megatrends 30
#28 Shahid P. Qureshi Amoco 29
#28 Babu Kuruvilla Tekni-Plex 29
#28 Wei-Hsiang Chang Vertera 29
#28 Angelika Domschke Novartis Ag 29
#32 Theodore F. Rabenko Broadcom 28
#33 Vijayarankan Muthirisavenugopal American Megatrends 27
#33 Michael J. Palmer IBM 27
#33 Kenneth Jay Helfrich Maxim Integrated Products 27
#36 Gary J. Dennis AT&T 26
#37 Gregory S. Gronau Gaming Partners International 24
#38 Junxing Shi Emory University 23
#39 Anders Hebsgaard Broadcom 22
#39 Timothy Ryan Cadillac Jack 22
#39 Gregory M. Gitman American Combustion 22
#39 Helena Laymon Audioeye 22
#39 Gregory K. Mundt Sylvansport 22
#44 Ali Negahdar Arris Enterprises 21
#44 Vincent Voron 21
#44 Michael Overcash Cisco 21
#47 Rajan Hariharan Baylor University 20
#47 Srinivas Kilambi Renmatix 20
#47 Francis A. Rowe Electronics For Imaging 20
#47 John A. Ritchie, Jr. Cisco 20

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