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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Elder Mountain, TN ranks #4,261 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 659 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elder Mountain, TN include Proxense, Mueller International, Zte.

Showing 1–50 of 106 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David L. Brown Proxense 71
2 Paul S. Gifford Mueller International 49
3 Daryl Lee Gibson Mueller International 42
#4 Zheng Huang Zte 34
#5 Jonathon R. Bullard Zeco 27
#6 James A. Faller Zee 24
#6 William M. Christman, Jr. Card-Monroe 24
#8 Steven C. Humphreys Warsaw Orthopedic 20
#9 Paul E. Beatty Tuftco 19
#10 Anthony Drevet Champion Link International 18
#11 David Lewis The Heil 17
#12 Michael R. Morgante Tuftco 16
#12 Bryan Stewart The Heil 16
#12 Kenneth A. Clark Mueller International 16
#15 David C. Gentry The Heil 15
#16 Steven L. Frost Tuftco 14
#17 Philipe Aldahir Columbia Insurance 13
#18 Darlene E. McCord Unknown 12
#19 Chadwick Sterling Parker 10
#19 Jason Daniel Detty Tuftco 10
#21 Lindsay Hill Playcore Wisconsin 9
#21 Albert Xiaoxia Jiang The Heil 9
#23 Scott Manning Rovi Guides 8
#24 Robert A. Padgett Tuftco 7
#25 David A. Craft Trimark 6
#25 Carlos A. Bellot Textron 6
#27 John Jeremiah Morton Greenlee Tools 5
#27 Ray TABIBIAZAR Twist Bioscience 5
#27 Kendrick Michael Gibson Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 5
#27 Randal Davis 5
#31 Chastity Adkins Propex Operating Company 4
#31 Drew Loizeaux Propex Operating Company 4
#31 Robert Blane Haywood Columbia Insurance 4
#31 Stanley Dressler Rhinogram 4
#35 Rob Padgett Tuftco 3
#35 Greg Turner Carrier 3
#35 Kathy Ford Rhinogram 3
#35 Benjamin G. Workinger Trans Astronautica 3
#35 David Wiles Choice Spine 3
#35 Toni Corinne Tran Sherman + Reilly 3
#35 Robert Scott Post Bouldin 3
#35 Peter Alvin Wilson Mckee Foods 3
#35 Anthony Ryan Parker Playcore Wisconsin 3
#35 Eric Thomas Hi-Lex Controls 3
#35 Charles Walcott Playcore Wisconsin 3
#46 Beryl Bucher 2
#46 Erik Bracker Sherman + Reilly 2
#46 Eric Fullenwider Igt 2
#46 Ethan James Garreau Xebec 2
#46 Jonathan Walden Playcore Wisconsin 2

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