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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rome, GA ranks #5,861 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 431 patents from 132 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rome, GA include Fbt Enterprises, Peach State Labs, Wake Forest University Health Sciences. That works out to 11.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 132 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fredrick Taylor Fbt Enterprises 31
2 Stanley Arasmith 20
3 Ralph R. Sargent Peach State Labs 15
#4 David R. Stelts Wake Forest University Health Sciences 14
#5 Leonard Austin Hensel Otr Wheel Engineering 13
#6 James E. Mauer Unknown 12
#7 John Bailey Illumina 11
#7 James Prentice Xdx 11
#7 Willy Marrecau N V Bekaert Sa 11
#10 R. Richard Sargent Peach State Labs 10
#11 Robert M. Brinson, Jr. Intel 9
#11 Michael Grigat Peach State Labs 9
#11 Benny R. Wood Columbia Insurance 9
#11 Alan H. Norris Wwg Industries 9
#11 Thomas H. Moss, III Peach State Labs 9
#16 David R. Owens Electric Power Research Institute 8
#17 Leslie P. Duke 7
#17 James T. Cornwell Unknown 7
#17 Michael Lance Maffett 7
#17 Linden W. Pierce GE 7
#21 James W. Boswell General Motors 6
#21 Phillip W. Chambley Wwg Industries 6
#23 Charles Thomas Couch Mjc 5
#23 Clayton D. Vick Southern Bracing Systems Enterprises 5
#23 Henry C. Grimes Fairbanks 5
#23 Mickey Watson Fairbanks 5
#23 Everette A. Brumbelow Fairbanks 5
#28 Hendrick L. Cromartie Don Joy 4
#28 Charles G. Hack 4
#28 John Cowan 4
#28 William Bryan Holwell Otr Wheel Engineering 4
#28 Larry Ross Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 4
#33 W. Paul Padgett, III Burlington Industries 3
#33 Louis D. Martino 3
#33 George S. Avery Textile Management Associates 3
#33 Benjamin Allen GE 3
#33 Kelly Hudson Hydro Dynamics 3
#33 Jerry K. Pollard 3
#33 Roy Huston 3
#33 Robert Gearhart GE 3
#33 John C. Crouse GE 3
#33 George R. McKemie Rome Industries 3
#33 Keith Smith Cingular Wireless Ii 3
#33 Frank Albert Pitman, Jr. GE 3
#33 John Forcier Southern Bracing Systems Enterprises 3
#46 Toby S. Morgan, Jr. Unknown 2
#46 William C. Otwell 2
#46 Mark S. Avery 2
#46 Jeff P. Garmon Georgia Tech Research 2
#46 Gerald O. Usry GE 2

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