Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Marietta, GA ranks #278 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,923 patents from 2,233 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Marietta, GA include OPPO, AT&T, IBM. That works out to 179.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,233 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hua Xu OPPO 409
2 Ari Craine AT&T 152
3 Robert H. Grant IBM 101
#4 Stephen Emille Chin AT&T 95
#5 Mihir S. Karanjkar Onetrust 94
#6 Richard P. Lewis Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 84
#7 Ye Chen AT&T 83
#8 Kourtney Eidam Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 74
#8 Thomas J. Koob Mimedx Group 74
#10 Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Tech Research 64
#11 Brian K. Daigle AT&T 61
#12 Eugene F. Young Xerox 59
#13 Eugenio Varona Dsg Technology Holdings 56
#14 W. Todd Daniell AT&T 55
#15 Matthew Paul Giles Turner Broadcasting System 53
#15 Paul A. Phillips 53
#17 Jeffrey D. Amsterdam IBM 52
#17 Stephen C. Hammer IBM 52
#19 Nathan W. Heard Onetrust 49
#20 Michael Robert Zubas AT&T 48
#21 James K. Noble, Jr. Noble Systems 47
#22 James V. Miller Qualitas Manufacturing Incorporated 44
#23 Robert B. Dopp Rayovac 43
#23 William E. Baker Tandem Computers Incorporated 43
#25 Noah Roth Mirus 41
#26 Thomas Z. Dong Verint Americas 40
#26 Sunil H. Contractor Bellsouth Intellectual Property 40
#28 Jeffrey L. Stewart Trane International 39
#28 Baohua Qi Cummins Emission Solutions 39
#30 Thomas L. Rainey Anchor Wall Systems 38
#30 Piaras Valdis de Cleir Kraft Foods Group Brands 38
#32 William L. Smith AT&T 37
#33 Ronald J. Lenk Switch Bulb Company 36
#34 Scott P. Crafton Consolidated Engineering Company 35
#34 Richard C. Sayers 35
#36 Rajeev G. Kamat Novelis 33
#37 Edward I. Comer Cellemetry 32
#37 John P. Davis, III AT&T 32
#37 Gregg Carpenter 32
#37 Dustin Wade Carr Symphony Acoustics 32
#37 Scott K. Brown Aol 32
#42 Vikram Krishnamurthy Nissan North America 31
#42 Simon J. Richter 31
#44 H. Stetser Murphy, Jr. 30
#44 Aleksander Szlam Inventio Ag 30
#44 Madhavan Swaminathan Georgia Tech Research 30
#44 Zhi Liu Georgia State University 30
#44 Malcolm T. Gilliland Unknown 30
#49 Daniel Caleb Gordon Google 29
#49 Jorge Hernan Jimenez Georgia Tech Research 29

Part of Georgia