Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

LaGrange, GA ranks #4,168 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 677 patents from 194 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in LaGrange, GA include Milliken Research, GE, Milliken &. That works out to 21.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 194 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kenneth B. Higgins Milliken Research 33
2 Graham A. Scott GE 31
3 Robert C. Kerr Milliken & 26
#4 John A. Sollars, Jr. Milliken & 24
#5 James B. Nichols Apple 20
#5 Gary L. Rockwell Diversified Products 20
#7 Steven L. Bedingfield Milliken & 19
#8 Ronald Magee Milliken & 15
#9 John P. Bradford Interface 14
#9 Stuart Jones Interface 14
#11 William O. Burke, III Milliken & 13
#11 James Hobbs Interface 13
#13 Forrest A. Burney Bway 12
#13 Thomas J. Malone Pfn 12
#15 Jonathan C. McCay Milliken & 11
#15 James M. Woods M. J. Woods 11
#17 James N. Rockwell, Jr. Milliken & 9
#17 Sydney D. Daniel Interface 9
#17 Michael D. Hurst Milliken & 9
#20 William H. Leverett Durand-Wayland 8
#20 Derek Bowen Milliken Research 8
#20 Wayne M. Hamilton Interface 8
#23 N. Sellman Milliken & 7
#23 Nils David Sellman, JR. Milliken & 7
#23 Stacey Brown Oracle 7
#26 Amy B. Streeton Milliken & 6
#26 Charles W. Prestridge Milliken & 6
#28 Joel Sheppard Interface 5
#28 Richard Stoyles Milliken & 5
#28 Thomas M. Turner Holmes Products 5
#28 Charles L. Bower Milliken Research 5
#28 Tad Moore 5
#28 Joseph Wallen Milliken & 5
#28 Larry Mullinax Interface 5
#35 Steve Felt Greenway Medical Technologies 4
#35 Horace Eddie Bradley, Jr. Interface 4
#35 Edwin Hersey Milliken & 4
#35 Randy G. Meeks Milliken & 4
#35 Werner Rhode Milliken & 4
#35 Norman K. Fox 4
#35 Lou Webster Milliken & 4
#35 Harold F. Adams Interface 4
#35 Graeme Robert Ripley Interface 4
#44 Terry N. Tankersley Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#44 Michael A. Howe Interface 3
#44 Richard C. Willey Milliken Research 3
#44 Samuel Graham Milliken & 3
#44 James W. Hadden Interface 3
#44 Roger H. Soderberg Milliken Research 3
#44 Michael J. Chekan Milliken Research 3

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