Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laurel, MS ranks #8,274 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 264 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laurel, MS include Masonite, Sunbeam Corporation Limited, Honeywell. That works out to 15.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Allen R. Hill Masonite 15
1 Glen D. Kemnitz Sunbeam Corporation Limited 15
3 Francesco L. Carnevale Sunbeam Corporation Limited 14
#4 Donald Ivy Sunbeam Corporation Limited 12
#4 George Atkinson Honeywell 12
#6 E. Alan Coats Halliburton Energy Services 10
#7 Robert N. Montgomery Unknown 9
#8 J. Derrick Dry Solar 7
#8 Woodrow W. Welborn 7
#10 Philip Bush Atlas Roofing 6
#10 Kenneth Charles Tyler Masonite 6
#12 Mark S. Essary Howard Industries 5
#12 Thomas Dale Hilton Schlumberger Norge As 5
#14 Charles Lowe Unknown 4
#14 Brian Lavon Roney Solar 4
#14 Charles Freeman Mississippi State University 4
#14 Rem V. Petrov Technology Resource International 4
#14 Christopher Sheppard Asmpt Smt Singapore Pte. 4
#19 Thomas Ruffin Masonite 3
#19 Carmon D. Holland Symons 3
#19 David Sheppard Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 3
#19 J.B. Christian 3
#19 Jury M. Lopukhin 3
#19 Paul H. Dalier 3
#19 Tamra Williams Masonite 3
#19 Jeremy D'Len Dickens Solar 3
#19 John D. Bogart 3
#19 Albert H. D. Alexander 3
#29 Cary S. Farrar 2
#29 Randolph W. McLaughlin Mid-South Industries 2
#29 Dennis J. Farrell Masonite 2
#29 William W. Irwin, Jr. Sunbeam Corporation Limited 2
#29 Jerome Harless Expro Americas 2
#29 Virgil Keith Clark Solar 2
#29 Danny C. McGee 2
#29 Trent Lecon Stewart 2
#29 Jerry H. Thurman, Jr. 2
#29 Naomi Flowers Campbell USDA 2
#29 Burton L. Hewitt 2
#29 Robert Mason 2
#29 Donald C. Saxon Warmkraft 2
#29 James McNair Sunbeam Corporation Limited 2
#29 T. K. Stanley 2
#44 Adam Glenn Barwick 1
#44 Ralph E. Lyon 1
#44 Benton L. Dibrell Hughes Tool Company 1
#44 Vasily V. Lebedev 1
#44 Vitaly Y. Arion 1
#44 Irina V. Sanina 1
#44 Jury N. Breusov 1

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