Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ruston, LA ranks #8,325 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 262 patents from 113 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ruston, LA include Louisiana Tech Research, Louisiana Tech University, Network Foundation Technologies. That works out to 11.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 113 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Erez Allouche Louisiana Tech Research 20
2 Yuri Lvov Louisiana Tech Research 16
3 Vir V. Phoha Louisiana Tech University 13
#4 Mike O'Neal Network Foundation Technologies 11
#5 Arun Prakash Jaganathan Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 9
#5 Brian W. Sledge IBM 9
#7 Prabhu U. Arumugam Advanced Diamond Technologies 8
#7 Michael O'Neal Network Foundation Technologies 8
#9 Neven Simicevic Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 6
#10 Chester Wilson Louisiana Tech University 5
#11 Chad W. Geis Genesis Industries 4
#11 Dallas L. Geis Genesis Industries 4
#11 Tara Johnson Network Foundation Technologies 4
#11 Lawrence R. Higginbotham Louisiana Tech University 4
#15 Henry E. Cardenas Louisiana Tech Research 3
#15 James M. Sherrard 3
#15 Kiran S. Balagani Louisiana Tech Research Corporation; A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 3
#15 Leland Weiss Caterpillar 3
#15 Landon Wright Network Foundation Technologies 3
#15 Ronald D. Delahoussaye Georgia Tech Research Institute 3
#15 Herbert G. Tull, III Morton Thiokol 3
#15 Rawil Fakhrullin Louisiana Tech Research 3
#15 Ioannis Vlachos Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 3
#15 Shrijit Sudhakar Joshi Louisiana Tech Research 3
#25 Joe A. Riley Mycogen 2
#25 Narasimha Gottumukkala Xerox 2
#25 Slade Richard Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation 2
#25 Niel Davenport Crews University Of Utah 2
#25 Noah P. Bergeron US Air Force 2
#25 Clyde Stearns 2
#25 Daniel Swain Penn State 2
#25 Yuri Voziyanov 2
#25 Gary M. Fuqua Franke Consumer Products 2
#25 R. Alfred Gunasekaran Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 2
#25 Kody Varahramyan Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 2
#25 Sandra Zivanovic University of Pennsylvania 2
#25 Douglas M. Craft 2
#25 John D. Futch 2
#25 Ryan M. J. Madden Genesis Industries 2
#25 Chee Hung Ben Choi Louisiana Tech Research 2
#25 Shengnian Wang Louisiana Tech Research 2
#25 Shaurav Alam Louisiana Tech Research 2
#25 Colvin K. Everett 2
#25 Clayton Dodd Manville 2
#25 Brace Boyden Boise Cascade 2
#25 H. Lynn Walker USDA 2
#47 Paul W. McNeece 1
#47 Johnnie F. Colvin 1
#47 William H. Rathburn 1
#47 Vernard K. Brazzel 1

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