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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Paris, TN ranks #11,132 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 170 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Paris, TN include Aero Industries, Tekni-Plex, Bear Archery. That works out to 16.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald Prince Aero Industries 12
2 William S. Mitchell Tekni-Plex 8
3 David Alsip Bear Archery 7
3 Jack A. Kummerow Dana Automotive Systems Group 7
3 Vincent P. Anderson Whirlpool 7
#6 Gary Jones 5
#6 George Puckett National Scientific 5
#8 Ronald Thomas H.C. Spinks Clay Company 4
#8 Gary Dempsey Morris Lisle 4
#8 Gary L. Gilmore Tecumseh Products 4
#11 Will T. Williams 3
#11 Michael Mooney 3
#11 Jerald R. McNelley 3
#11 Thomas Summers 3
#11 Robert W. Chilcutt 3
#11 Michael Kevin NANNEY Dana Automotive Systems Group 3
#11 Warren C. Hartz Norandal Usa 3
#11 R. Marcus Mansfield Polaris Industries 3
#11 Billy Gary Nored 3
#11 Jeffrey C. Fowlkes Tecumseh Products 3
#11 Kelly D. Puckett Dana Automotive Systems Group 3
#11 Samuel Wesley COX Dana Automotive Systems Group 3
#11 Teddy Lee Gore 3
#11 Dakota FOSTER Dana Automotive Systems Group 3
#25 Dale T. Cummins Dana Automotive Systems Group 2
#25 Robert Scarbrough Emf Therapeutics 2
#25 Roy Trence Johnson Tekni-Plex 2
#25 Harry Lee 2
#25 Robert C. Warrer 2
#25 Phillip Jackson J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited 2
#25 DENNIS D. NUNNERY E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#25 William M. Marrison Hunter Engineering 2
#25 Jon Wilson Dana Canada 2
#25 Randall Taylor Morris Olin 2
#25 Floyd K. Nixon 2
#25 Jason WIMBERLEY Dana Automotive Systems Group 2
#25 James Yoder Sangenic International 2
#25 Nancy Elaine Moore-Morris 2
#25 Laura Koven 2
#25 Joseph Stephen Williamson Dana Limited 2
#25 Gary Weirs 2
#25 Ronald R. Daus Republic Steel 2
#43 John Alton Laughlin Dana Limited 1
#43 Robert M. Henningsgaard Electric Power Research Institute 1
#43 Harrell Keith Nation Dana Limited 1
#43 David R. Doster Toyota 1
#43 Zachariah J. G. X. Schindlbeck Cornerstone Technologies 1
#43 Phillip L. Casterline 1
#43 Donald E Kee 1
#43 Mickie Carter 1

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