Pontotoc, MS ranks #15,635 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 99 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pontotoc, MS include Southern Motion, Ashley Furniture Industries, L&P Property Management. That works out to 17.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George K Dix | Southern Motion | 22 |
| 2 | James A. Lewis | Ashley Furniture Industries | 19 |
| 3 | Nikki White | L&P Property Management | 16 |
| #4 | Tracy A. Smithey | Unknown | 8 |
| #5 | Edward L. Wall | Unknown | 4 |
| #6 | Brian BOATNER | Vision Engineering | 3 |
| #6 | Clint Stanford | Signify Holding B.V. | 3 |
| #6 | Edward L. Lacewell | — | 3 |
| #9 | Van B. Philpot, Jr. | — | 2 |
| #9 | William L. Crausby | Ram Golf | 2 |
| #9 | Judy A. Martin | — | 2 |
| #9 | Jeffrey Plunk | Super Sagless | 2 |
| #9 | Charles Clinton Stanford | — | 2 |
| #14 | Bruce Evans Wofford | — | 1 |
| #14 | Todd Z. Seales | — | 1 |
| #14 | Larry J. Bryant | L&P Property Management | 1 |
| #14 | Carthel Hale | L&P Property Management | 1 |
| #14 | Kerry Hale | L&P Property Management | 1 |
| #14 | Eric Laiche | Roadmaster | 1 |
| #14 | Chad Cheney | Ashley Furniture Industries | 1 |
| #14 | Lindsey Shirley, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #14 | Raymond Patterson | — | 1 |
| #14 | George Rutledge | Emerson Electric | 1 |
| #14 | Tracey A. Smithey | Unknown | 1 |
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