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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hermitage, TN ranks #8,568 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 250 patents from 72 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hermitage, TN include Johnson & Johnson, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And, Square D.

Showing 1–50 of 72 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Russell J. Edwards Johnson & Johnson 40
2 Edgar N. Rudisill E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 21
3 Michael Pyle Square D 14
3 Joseph A. Bounds Firestone Industrial Products Company 14
#5 Timothy Davies Meritor Light Vehicle Systems 11
#6 Jim C. Smelcer Lochinvar 8
#6 Joseph Allen Wilbanks, II Arvinmeritor Technology 8
#8 Jonathan Cunningham Mastercard 7
#8 Rick R. Wascher Emf Therapeutics 7
#10 Kaitlyn Keen Mars, Incorporated 6
#10 Mark G. Charleton Peterson Tool 6
#10 Dan Poon Griffin Technology 6
#13 Kyle Ellison Cummins Filtration Ip 5
#13 Curt Christian 5
#15 Gregory Pine U.S. Philips 4
#15 Donald J. Alcendor Meharry Medical College 4
#15 Fuoad A. Parvin Oy Halton Group 4
#18 Lunis Orcutt Unknown 3
#18 Nathan Vonier Agri Dynamics 3
#18 Kevin Hibbard 3
#18 Justin D. Seedle Strictly Fx 3
#18 Bolanle Asiyanbola The Johns Hopkins University 3
#18 Homer M. McIntire Triton Boat Company 3
#24 David Van Koevering 2
#24 Claude D. Prost 2
#24 Robert J. Budesa Unknown 2
#24 Carl D. Love 2
#24 Henry K. Blane 2
#24 Michelle J. Jones 2
#24 John Sanzo 2
#24 Deborah Frierson 2
#24 Jerry Lemons 2
#24 Gale W. Ford 2
#24 Kathryn Rust 2
#24 Robert A. Dorris Genesco 2
#24 Ronald D. Davenport 2
#37 Perry J. Simonson 1
#37 Jerry Wayne Swindle 1
#37 Chris Tschanen 1
#37 Jerios Elchaer Dana Limited 1
#37 Mark Stevens Newsom 1
#37 Brian E. Twibell Abb Technology Ag 1
#37 Francis Johns Gibson Brands 1
#37 Jerry W. Beasley 1
#37 Steven Clay Loring Dell Products 1
#37 Phillip F. Quinter U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company 1
#37 Timothy Coble Griffin Technology 1
#37 Robert H. Jennings 1
#37 Alfred Edwards 1
#37 Galen L. Romine National Recovery Technologies 1

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