Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gulfport, MS ranks #5,216 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 505 patents from 178 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gulfport, MS include Monsanto Technology, Hill-Rom Services, Pioneer (Corteva). That works out to 6.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 178 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert E. McGowen Monsanto Technology 41
2 James M. C. Thomas Hill-Rom Services 33
3 John D. Hicks Pioneer (Corteva) 23
#4 Todd Kuhn Technology Partners 19
#5 Joseph T. Johnson Phytogen Seed Company 17
#6 Eric Graham Nike 10
#6 Michael Swindle Bayer Cropscience 10
#8 William G. Fish Oreck Holdings 9
#9 Thomas Gray Mitel Knowledge 8
#9 Charles H. Simpson The Sherwin-Williams 8
#11 Scott Erickson Disney 7
#11 Hamed K. Abbas USDA 7
#11 Roy Brittany Blacklidge Blacklidge Emulsions 7
#11 Billy Corbin, Jr. Valent U.S.A. 7
#15 Michael Louis Crowe Bio-Medical Research 6
#15 Jerry Ross US Dept of the Interior 6
#15 Andrew Hall Siemens Energy & Automation 6
#15 Samuel Ponjican B/E Aerospace 6
#19 Jessica Harris 5
#19 Travis Anderson 5
#19 Charles Sims 5
#19 MIKE ROBINSON Bayer Cropscience 5
#23 Thomas L. Franklin 4
#23 Steven Philip Irby Oreck Holdings 4
#23 Harold D. Adams 4
#23 Charles F. Funk, Sr. 4
#23 Jim E. Dale USDA 4
#23 Andrew T. Ellis Dow Agrosciences 4
#23 William Edward Capelle, Jr. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#23 Andrew K. Hoszowski Moeller Mfg. Company 4
#23 Charles F. Funk 4
#23 Frank Skinner Wintergreen 4
#23 Pat Halton Fore, III 4
#23 Charles L. Proffer 4
#23 Joseph L. Williams Ernie Green Industries 4
#36 John F. Robbins, II Ingalls Shipbuilding 3
#36 Juan A. Morales Ramos 3
#36 Stephen E. Spychalski US Air Force 3
#36 William W. Heminghous Teledyne Industries 3
#36 Mark Tate 3
#36 Freddie Lobianco Wright Medical Technology 3
#36 Cecil Gwilliam Jones Mississippi Power 3
#36 Glenn H. May Leidos 3
#36 Charles Mitchell Solace Systems 3
#36 Martin Goldin 3
#36 Yung-Hsing Samson Hsu E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 3
#36 Richard Craig Kollath Unknown 3
#48 Gregory K. Picou 2
#48 Steve Irby Oreck Holdings 2
#48 Richard Hawkins 2

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