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Florence, AL All Time

594 patents  ·  189 inventors  ·  14.8/1k pop.

Ranked #4,610 of 112,640 cities Top 5%

Florence, AL ranks #4,610 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 594 patents from 189 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Florence, AL include Innovations For World Nutrition, Robbins Industries, James C. Barber And Associates. That works out to 14.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 189 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Arthur R. Shirley, Jr. Innovations For World Nutrition 40
2 Rodney W. Robbins Robbins Industries 38
3 James C. Barber James C. Barber And Associates 23
#4 Timothy G. Holt Unknown 21
#5 Ronald R. White Unknown 16
#6 Melissa C. Hayes Innovations For World Nutrition 14
#7 Yong-Kil Kim Sk Holdings Co. 13
#8 Alexander D. Mair Tennesee Valley Authority 12
#9 Phillip Alan Forsythe Nous 11
#9 Jack M. Sullivan Tennesee Valley Authority 11
#9 Shuang-shii Hsieh Tennesee Valley Authority 11
#12 Robert J. Radel Tennesee Valley Authority 10
#13 Cecil P. Harrison Tennesee Valley Authority 9
#13 John F. Phillips — 9
#13 Jeffrey L. Boles Tennesee Valley Authority 9
#13 Nolan E. Richards Reynolds Metals 9
#17 James R. Lehr Tennesee Valley Authority 8
#17 Jim Wallace Sargent, III Unknown 8
#17 David L. Haygood — 8
#20 Susan R. Kavanaugh Robbins Industries 7
#20 Edward S. Robbins, Jr. — 7
#22 John F. McCullough Tennesee Valley Authority 6
#22 John Saylor Unknown 6
#22 Douglas V. Stewart Reynolds Metals 6
#25 William E. Walsh Combinenet 5
#25 Theodore J. Onocki Martin Industries 5
#25 Raymond J. Dill Unknown 5
#25 Ewell F. Dillard Tennesee Valley Authority 5
#29 Nnamudi Nam Mokwunye — 4
#29 Dale Palmer Matthews Resources 4
#29 Charles Stoddard Endo-Therapeutics 4
#29 Paul Scott Jemella Limited 4
#29 John T. Willett Reynolds Metals 4
#29 Benjamin Poole Google 4
#29 Kenneth D. Cakebread Temco Fireplace Products 4
#29 Byron R. Parker Tennesee Valley Authority 4
#29 A. Ray Shirley, Jr. Unknown 4
#38 Charles MITCHELL Kids Ii 3
#38 Myra M. Soroczak Tennesee Valley Authority 3
#38 Curtis J. McMinn Reynolds Metals 3
#38 Thomas R. Stumpe — 3
#38 Gary E. Staats US Dept of Energy 3
#38 Alva W. Frazier Tennesee Valley Authority 3
#38 Micheal Jones Unknown 3
#38 Howard I. Kaplan Reynolds Metals 3
#38 Ralph E Grissom, III The Heil 3
#38 Mary C. Counts Anderson Press 3
#38 Arther Lee McGowen — 3
#38 Donald J. Groszek Eltech Systems 3
#38 Ellen Almon McGowen — 3

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