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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Meridian, MS ranks #7,447 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 307 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Meridian, MS include Peavey Electronics, D2Audio, Pb Diagnostic Systems. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hartley D. Peavey Peavey Electronics 39
2 Larry E. Hand D2Audio 26
3 William J. Lawrence Pb Diagnostic Systems 24
#4 Michael V. Powers Peavey Electronics 21
#5 Jack C. Sondermeyer Peavey Electronics 19
#6 Gus A. Rush, III 11
#6 Robert M. O'Neill Peavey Electronics 11
#6 Charles H. Todd, III Fender Musical Instruments 11
#9 James B. DeCola Peavey Electronics 7
#10 Robert Bryan Seal Itron 6
#10 Richard L. Donald Atlas Roofing 6
#10 Elon Coats Peavey Electronics 6
#10 Russell Tucker Tele Tracking Technologies 6
#14 Jason Dunaway Avc Co. 5
#14 James Michael White Whirlpool 5
#14 Earnest Lloyd Trammell Peavey Electronics 5
#14 Yihua Zhou Monsanto Technology 5
#18 Daniel J. Wolper Peavey Electronics 4
#18 Freddie Lee Murphy Atlas Roofing 4
#18 John C. Braun, Jr. Fmc 4
#21 Donald E. Cook The Boeing 3
#21 Lee Carlos Santillano Peavey Electronics 3
#21 Richard Joyner Avery Dennison 3
#21 John Calvin Fields Peavey Electronics 3
#21 Herbert L. Stott Fairbanks 3
#21 Timothy Bryan Tardo Peavey Electronics 3
#21 James Albert Unknown 3
#21 Jack M. Hutchinson Unknown 3
#29 James A. Love University Technologies International 2
#29 Terri McKelvaine Avery Dennison 2
#29 Ronald David Goss Peavey Electronics 2
#29 Bobby Lyn White 2
#29 Emmett E. Heath Peavey Electronics 2
#29 Vernon Timothy Litchfield Peavey Electronics 2
#29 Edward Anthony Wolan 2
#29 Samuel Steven Everett Peavey Electronics 2
#29 William M. Gay Atlas Roofing 2
#29 Kirk D. Morrow Sunbeam Corporation Limited 2
#39 Robert S. Goodwin, Jr. 1
#39 Charles H. Birdsong Unknown 1
#39 Gregory Islas Atlas Roofing 1
#39 Reginald A. Johnson 1
#39 James Gregory Lane Avery Dennison 1
#39 David Kevin Rainey 1
#39 Wallace Eddins 1
#39 Courtland P. Gray Peavey Electronics 1
#39 Frederick Joseph Poole Peavey Electronics 1
#39 Dennis Lloyd Caldwell Peavey Electronics 1
#39 Michael M. Harris US Air Force 1
#39 Thomas Stuckman Peavey Electronics 1

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