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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fayette, AL ranks #11,180 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 169 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fayette, AL include The Upjohn, King Kutter, Marathon Equipment. That works out to 39.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David R. White The Upjohn 28
2 John W. Davis, III King Kutter 24
3 J. Phillip Fraley King Kutter 22
#4 James K. Robbins Marathon Equipment 13
#5 Charles A. Lahay Dart Industries 6
#5 Robert Cockrell Backer Ehp 6
#7 Joseph Anibal Dos Santos Continental Conveyor & Equipment 5
#7 Stevie Kim Nix Joy Global Underground Mining 5
#9 T. Randall Markum Emerson Electric 3
#9 John K. Kellis Continental Conveyor & Equipment 3
#9 William Ellis Continental Conveyor & Equipment 3
#9 Todd W. Kirkpatrick Joy Mm Delaware 3
#9 Thomas N. Davis 3M 3
#14 Thomas J. Oakes 2
#14 Larry Ned Atkinson Joy Mm Delaware 2
#14 Kenneth W. Gwathney Marathon Equipment 2
#14 Delbert Preuninger Continental Conveyor & Equipment 2
#14 Jody C. Randolph 2
#14 George K. Carpenter Marathon Equipment 2
#14 Emmett Barry Sanford 2
#14 Emmett Cecil Sanford, Jr. 2
#14 Bradley Michael Agoston Marathon Equipment 2
#14 C. Edward Bryant, Jr. Continental Conveyor & Equipment 2
#24 Charles W. Nolen, Jr. 1
#24 Philip Wayne Hunnicutt 1
#24 Wade Lawley Delaware Capital Formation 1
#24 Daniel J. Armour Joy Mm Delaware 1
#24 James C. Gary 1
#24 Mark Daniel Riggs Joy Mm Delaware 1
#24 Van Clark Gravlee 1
#24 Barry Sandlin Delaware Capital Formation 1
#24 Jackie K. Thomas Omni International 1
#24 Earl Whaley West Point Pepperell 1
#24 Stanley C. Mason 1
#24 Rodney Tittle 1
#24 William Tramutolo 1
#24 Barry T. Key 1
#24 Richard J. Dillard Emerson Electric 1
#24 Homer Hooper Continental Conveyor & Equipment 1
#24 Clint Aldridge Torxx Kinetic Pulverizer Limited 1
#24 Ely Williams 1
#24 Thomas Fields 1
#24 Donald T. Studdard Continental Conveyor & Equipment 1
#24 Edward Canterberry 1
#24 Russell Wayne Melton Fontaine Fifth Wheel 1
#24 Jimmy R. Aldridge, Sr. 1
#24 Joseph K. Trull 1
#24 George B. Pugh, III Knox Kershaw 1

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