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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dunwoody, GA ranks #1,412 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,373 patents from 471 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dunwoody, GA include AT&T, Cox Communications, Viasat. That works out to 45.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 471 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Samuel N. Zellner AT&T 211
2 Vijay Gopalakrishnan AT&T 123
3 Keith Alan Rothschild Cox Communications 45
#4 Scott M. Frank AT&T 41
#5 Kurt A. Zimmerman Viasat 35
#5 Yuang Lou AT&T 35
#7 John Slemmer AT&T 34
#8 Woodrow C. Stillwagon Star Lock Systems 33
#8 Rodney K. Calvert The Mead 33
#8 Bryant A. Zavitz Tindall 33
#11 Jerry Liu AT&T 28
#12 Rodger D. Erickson Aventail 27
#13 Michael Defenbaugh Goody Products 25
#13 Katherine T. Wolfe Medtronic 25
#13 Justin McNamara 25
#13 Richard Charles Breitkopf Alcon 25
#17 Michael H. Dunn Steelcase 24
#18 Walter Stumpf Simmons U.S.A. 23
#19 Peter E. Jacobson Sperry 21
#19 Jim J. Sheu AT&T 21
#21 Paul Clement Nicolson Ciba Vision 20
#21 Parbhubhai D. Patel AT&T 20
#21 Jason K. Sedam 20
#24 Gary Peters Medtronic 19
#24 Helmut Durr The Braun 19
#26 G. William Ragland Atd 18
#26 John Evans International Paper 18
#26 John William Alcorn IBM 18
#26 Joseph Graham Mobley Scientific-Atlanta 18
#30 Richard S. Yeo 17
#30 Carol W. Christa England/Corsair 17
#32 Neal Patel Endoluxe 16
#33 Michael A. Branz Specialty Equipment Companies 15
#33 Alexander Duncan Emory University 15
#33 Christopher Summers Georgia Tech Research 15
#33 Stephen Kelly Microsoft 15
#37 Glenn W. Travis Lam Research 14
#37 Alfred C. Alberghini Sewell Plastics 14
#37 Mark C. Taraboulos 14
#37 George P. Gurr Sangamo Weston 14
#41 Michael L. Gailey Accenture Global Services Limited 13
#41 Kristi Jane Georgi Newell Window Furnishings 13
#41 Nam Hee Kim LG 13
#41 Matthew S. Rodriguez State Farm 13
#45 Steven C. Pfister Scientific-Atlanta 12
#45 R. Wendell Goodwin Schlumberger Industires, S.A. 12
#45 Harold W. Friesen AT&T 12
#45 Daniel Geist IBM 12
#45 Mark Moore Artimi 12
#45 Andrew L. Blackshaw E-Tech Co. 12

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