Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mobile, AL ranks #1,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,648 patents from 562 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mobile, AL include Cell Pathways, Innoflex Incorporated, John Deere. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 562 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary A. Piazza Cell Pathways 79
2 James W. Yeager Innoflex Incorporated 37
3 Charles E. Jones John Deere 32
#4 Charles E. Gibbons International Paper 25
#5 John Calagaz Fishing Chaos 24
#6 Allan A. Whillock International Paper 23
#7 David L. Hickman Corning Incorporated 21
#8 James Allen Johnson Icontrol Networks 20
#9 Michael P. DiFazio Ciba Specialty Chemicals 17
#9 Charles P. Forrest, Sr. Unknown 17
#11 Robert Bickert Ebsco Industries 16
#11 Robert Chad McCollum Opë 16
#11 Lawrence G. Smith Republic Money Orders 16
#11 Eugene Sullivan Clyde Bergemann 16
#15 Joshua Norman Smith Opë 15
#16 Vincent B. Brown Methode Electronics 14
#16 Steven W. Bailey South Alabama Medical Science Foundation 14
#16 Gerald A. Marano International Paper 14
#19 Joe L. Kinsey, Jr. International Paper 13
#19 James C. Ray The Lubrizol 13
#19 Robert L. Lanham International Paper 13
#19 Brian Williamson Qubicaamf Worldwide 13
#19 Jerry H. Robinson Wellcutter 13
#19 Richmond Italia G.I. Sportz 13
#25 June E. Ayling South Alabama Medical Science Foundation 12
#25 Thomas M. Reynolds Uop 12
#25 Thomas N. Anderson ExxonMobil 12
#28 Jack E. Hurst Uop 11
#28 Richard A. Alexander ExxonMobil 11
#28 Robert B. Hanson Amoco 11
#28 Joyce Tan Airbus Operations Limited 11
#28 Hans-Dieter Pletka Degussa Ag 11
#28 James M. Kittrell International Paper 11
#28 Charles R. Welch US Army 11
#35 Lewis K. Pannell 10
#35 Baron Morvant West 10
#37 Adam Paul Stewart Taghleef Industries 9
#37 August John Muller First Chemical 9
#37 Ronald E. Wilkinson Teledyne Industries 9
#37 Mark Oliver Loftin Phg Energy 9
#37 Eddie Reed US Dept of Health & Human Services 9
#42 Peter T. Falkner 8
#42 Khoi Hoang Dynamic Method Enterprise Limited 8
#42 Timothy Doyle Pfizer 8
#42 Steven Engle Metasecure 8
#42 W. Thompson Cell Pathways 8
#42 Kirby J. Plessala 8
#42 Madhavan G. Nair 8
#49 J. Albert McEachern, Jr. Teledyne Industries 7
#49 Naif Moore, Jr. 7

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