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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Jefferson, LA ranks #12,141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 149 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Jefferson, LA include Metal Fusion, Laitram, L.L.C., Laitram. That works out to 14.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Norman Bourgeois Metal Fusion 51
2 Brien G. Rau Laitram, L.L.C. 15
3 Barbara Bourgeois Metal Fusion 14
#4 Ronald M. O'Connor Laitram 8
#4 Terry L Ancar 8
#6 Jason Lagneaux Laitram, L.L.C. 7
#7 Gordon D. Novel 3
#7 Jeremiah E. Oertling Laitram, L.L.C. 3
#7 Robert G. Guttenberg Laitram, L.L.C. 3
#7 H. Daniel Hughes, II 3
#7 Richard Toal 3
#7 Alex Fabio 3
#13 Michael Hardin 2
#13 Rachel Malvagomes 2
#13 Reginald J. Barrus 2
#13 DANIEL GARCIA Pellerin Milnor 2
#17 Frederick M. Whitaker 1
#17 Michael Magnon 1
#17 Rani Talal Brooks 1
#17 Morris L. Brownlee 1
#17 Brent D. McCrossen 1
#17 Joseph H. Stutson, Jr. 1
#17 Louis H. DeLong 1
#17 Greg DeLong 1
#17 Douglas P. Nodurft 1
#17 Salvadore Ragusa 1
#17 Miranda R. Kovach Laitram, L.L.C. 1
#17 Darin Robert Alvey 1
#17 Joseph A. Fryer Laitram 1
#17 Kenneth B. Falanga 1
#17 Jacob C. Mills 1
#17 Clinton P. Wade USDA 1
#17 Ervis Doucet 1
#17 Mark Amoss 1
#17 Michael P. Magner Ion Geophysical 1
#17 Carroll J. Ganier, II William Marsh Rice University 1

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