Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Johnson City, TN ranks #2,480 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,251 patents from 299 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Johnson City, TN include Eastman Chemical, Sony, Stryker. That works out to 17.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 299 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert Thomas Hembre Eastman Chemical 52
2 Hongbo Zhu Sony 46
3 Marko N. Kostic Stryker 38
#4 Keh B. Dema Donaldson Company 31
#5 Alan D. McNutt Siemens Energy & Automation 28
#6 Leslie Shane Moody Eastman Chemical 26
#7 John T. McSpadden Ormco 22
#8 Kishan Khemani Eastman Chemical 21
#9 Mark Steven Boggs Siemens Energy & Automation 20
#10 Jackson Lee Nelson Clemson University 19
#11 Mark A. Overbay Combustion Engineering 18
#12 Steven F. Wright Molex 16
#13 Brian Edison Maxwell Eastman Chemical 14
#13 Steven Michael Hausman Siemens Industry 14
#13 Mark A. Pollock Eastman Kodak 14
#13 Sumit Chakraborty Eastman Chemical 14
#17 James Rodney Bradley Eastman Chemical 13
#17 Jerry A. Mooneyhan Tulsa Dental Products, L.L.C. 13
#17 Raymond E. Fogle Eastman Chemical 13
#17 William S. Jones US Air Force 13
#21 James H. Baker Microsoft 12
#21 Soumendra Kumar Basu Eastman Chemical 12
#23 Frederick C. Miller Atom Power 11
#23 Venkata Bharat Ram Boppana Eastman Chemical 11
#25 Clayton L. Sturgeon Powercube 10
#25 Paula Moody Eastman Chemical 10
#25 George W. Kraus, II 10
#25 Terrence Jay O'Neil Hd Clean 10
#25 Paul Keith Scherrer Eastman Chemical 10
#30 Bruce Campbell United States Stove 9
#30 Robert J. Palermo Cadence Design Systems 9
#30 Albert E. Spaller, Jr. Eastman Kodak 9
#30 Alexander Borla 9
#34 Bill J. Boone Aquestive Therapeutics 8
#34 Karlee D. Harrison Ear Tech 8
#34 Robert Alan Weddle Siemens Industry 8
#34 Steve Hausman Siemens Energy & Automation 8
#34 Philippe Roquiny Agc Glass Europe 8
#34 Steven W. Stimmel Siemens Energy & Automation 8
#34 Mark D. McClung La-Z-Boy Incorporated 8
#34 Clarissa Tatum Eastman Chemical 8
#34 Steve Treadway D & S Dental 8
#43 Jerry T. Thornthwaite 7
#43 Norbert Lindner Siemens Energy & Automation 7
#43 Carl H. Russell, III Siemens Industrial Automation 7
#43 Steven Perry Parfitt Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 7
#43 Brian Lafon Bell Helicopter Textron 7
#43 David Hess Paccar 7
#43 J. Adrian Hawkins Esionic Es 7
#43 Robert S. Hines, Jr. Field Controls 7

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