Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Picayune, MS ranks #7,698 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 292 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Picayune, MS include Immunomedics, NASA, Smithkline Beecham Limited. That works out to 24.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hans J. Hansen Immunomedics 184
2 Billy C. Wolverton NASA 10
3 Peter L. DeMarsh Smithkline Beecham Limited 8
3 W. Scott Dow Aerotec 8
#5 Abraham L. Miller Laitram, L.L.C. 7
#6 William Hursey The Fletcher-Terry Company 6
#7 John D. Wolverton 5
#8 Philip J. Fanguy US Air Force 4
#8 Carlos Mitchell Amazon 4
#8 Jesse R. Wilkins 4
#8 Richard A. Seal 4
#12 James C. Seal 3
#12 Chiu-Fu Cheng US Air Force 3
#14 Stephen J. Stringer USDA 2
#14 L. Haynes Haselmaier Johnson Service 2
#14 Randolph Howes 2
#14 Robert E. DeVore 2
#14 Richard H. Smith Foster-Miller 2
#14 Paul M. Gallatin Siemens-Allis 2
#20 Virgel J. Young US Air Force 1
#20 Brenda J. Little US Air Force 1
#20 Jeanette Paschke 1
#20 Kenneth M. Poland 1
#20 Orville Paschke 1
#20 Cynthia L. Poland 1
#20 Michael Bradley Penton 1
#20 Kathey D. Myers 1
#20 Patricia Bender Unknown 1
#20 Joseph N. Greulich, II US Dept of the Interior 1
#20 Walter J. Floyd 1
#20 Daniel J. Seal 1
#20 Nancy L. Salts 1
#20 William L. Nail, III NASA 1
#20 Samantha J. Zambo US Air Force 1
#20 Thereasa Ball 1
#20 Joel Wesson US Navy 1
#20 Scott Serwacki 1
#20 Vessie Lynn Means 1
#20 Samuel Bateman US Navy 1
#20 George T. Goss 1
#20 Raymond C. Groom 1
#20 Judy B. Groom 1
#20 Lamont R. Jarrell NASA 1
#20 Audrey Davis 1
#20 Clifford R. Holland US Air Force 1
#20 Kim D. Saunders US Air Force 1
#20 Barry L. Critz 1
#20 Randall Beebe 1
#20 James H. Elkins US Air Force 1

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