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Nashville, TN All Time

8,609 patents  ·  2,243 inventors

Ranked #366 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Nashville, TN ranks #366 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,609 patents from 2,243 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nashville, TN include Fuisz Technologies, Vanderbilt University, Smartvue.

Showing 1–50 of 2,243 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard C. Fuisz Fuisz Technologies 145
2 P. Jeffrey Conn Vanderbilt University 90
3 Martin A. Renkis Smartvue 79
#4 Paul Griffin Griffin Technology 75
#5 William J. Burke Altria Client Services 71
#6 Kimberly G. Starks IBM 69
#7 Joseph M. Fuisz Monosol Rx 53
#8 Brian Joseph Sdi Technologies 45
#8 Edward J. Sommer, Jr. National Recovery Technologies 45
#10 Ralph A. Korpman Healthtrio 44
#11 Morgan Grainger Apple 43
#12 Jialiang Wang Boston Scientific Scimed 42
#12 James E. Crowe, Jr. Vanderbilt University 42
#14 Michael Stumpf Dell Products 41
#14 Daniel Poon Griffin Technology 41
#16 William Alexander Drewry Google 36
#17 Henry E. Juszkiewicz Gibson Guitar 34
#17 Brad Wilson Kenall Manufacturing 34
#19 Arthur John Ulm, III Legacy Ventures 33
#20 Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Vanderbilt University 32
#21 Jordan Katzman Sdc U.S. Smilepay Spv 31
#21 Adam C. Edwards Securus Technologies 31
#23 Darryl J. Bornhop Vanderbilt University 30
#23 Stephen W. Fesik Vanderbilt University 30
#23 Charles E. Roos Spectramet 30
#26 James D. Johnson The Chamberlain Group 29
#27 William Michael Gregg C/Hca 28
#27 Alex G. Waterson Vanderbilt University 28
#29 William H. Hofmeister Ultra Small Fibers 27
#29 Lawrence J. Marnett Vanderbilt University 27
#29 James W. West Zymogenetics 27
#32 J. Craig Oxford — 26
#32 Christopher A. Estes Starbucks 26
#32 Josh Chapman Sdc U.S. Smilepay Spv 26
#32 Jonathan Perlin C/Hca 26
#32 Charles L. Cunningham Hennessy Industries 26
#32 Jack J. Hawiger Vanderbilt University 26
#32 Colleen Brophy Vanderbilt University 26
#32 Yi Tang Anaspec 26
#32 Paul J. Ketchel, III Mdsave Shared Services 26
#41 Ronald S. Reiserer Vanderbilt University 25
#41 Ray Lathrop Abbott 25
#41 Jim Najib Jirjis C/Hca 25
#41 Brittany L. Stewart Griffin Technology 25
#45 Edmund Jackson C/Hca 24
#45 Christopher Jay Rouland Bastille Networks 24
#47 Mark A. Murphy Apcom 23
#47 Robert J. Webster Vanderbilt University 23
#47 Roger D. Cone Oregon Health & Science University 23
#50 Samuel Joseph Moore Paddywax 22

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