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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Macon, GA ranks #2,771 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,107 patents from 287 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Macon, GA include Deceuninck North America, Lexion Medical, Ykk.

Showing 1–50 of 287 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher R. Ballard Deceuninck North America 73
2 Douglas E. Ott Lexion Medical 42
3 Shigeyoshi Takazawa Ykk 39
3 Tsuyoshi Minato Ykk 39
#5 Hugh F. Smisson, III Southern Spine 37
#6 Kayyani C. Adiga Nanomist Systems 24
#7 Joseph Iannicelli J. I. Enterprises 22
#7 Richard Douglas Carter Cr Minerals Company 22
#9 Hisashi Yoneshima Ykk 20
#10 Suguru Ogura Ykk 18
#10 Loronzo H. Thomson L.H. Thomson Company 18
#12 Dean Smith Tango Systems 17
#13 Steve Canova Carbo Ceramics 16
#14 John R. Walker The Procter & Gamble 15
#15 Carl J. Marshall, Jr. J.M. Huber 14
#15 Robert Lee American Harvest 14
#15 Brandi L. Bohleber Southern Spine 14
#18 Wolfgang Coronel Ykk 13
#18 Rodney Weaver Snowflake 13
#18 Raymond H. Young Engelhard 13
#21 Kenneth T. MacMillan Donald Macmillan & Son 12
#21 James Y. Menefee, III Alliant Techsystems 12
#21 Sanjay Behl Engelhard 12
#24 Rajani Adiga Nanomist Systems 11
#24 Robert C. Pfeiffer Allied Consulting 11
#26 Nobuo Fujisawa Ykk Corporation Of America 10
#26 Albert C. Kunkle J.M. Huber 10
#26 Anthony Lyons Imerys Pigments 10
#29 Rafiq P. Khoja Sunrise Wholesale 9
#30 Lawrence X. Webb Wake Forest University Health Sciences 8
#30 Gregory Parker Signify Holding B.V. 8
#32 Joe Robinson Howmedica Osteonics 7
#32 Joseph Wanna Brown & Williamson Tobacco 7
#32 Robert DeRose L.H. Thomson Company 7
#32 John M. M. Harrison J.M. Huber 7
#32 Shahriar Sedghi 7
#37 Damon Eric Woodson 6
#37 Walter O. Lackey J.M. Huber 6
#37 David Hugh Durham Southern Clay Products 6
#37 Sarah Shieh Southern Spine 6
#37 H. Lee Hamlin 6
#37 Christopher D. Faircloth Securedpay Solutions 6
#37 Henry E. Young 6
#37 Yasutoshi Nozawa Ykk 6
#37 Charles R. Price J.M. Huber 6
#37 Paul Shannon Diamond Technologies 6
#47 Cory S. Hammock Clean Control 5
#47 Robert F. Hatcher, Jr. Nanomist Systems 5
#47 Grant Corbett Arcus Hunting 5
#47 Linda L. Bunker James River 5

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