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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Somerville, AL ranks #15,533 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 100 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Somerville, AL include NASA, US Army, 3Com. That works out to 125.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Anthony R. Kelley NASA 19
2 Thomas E. Honeycutt US Army 18
3 Travis S. Taylor US Army 7
#4 Timothy W. Aldridge 3Com 6
#5 Stephen Craig Silver RTX (Raytheon) 4
#6 Jarrod Douglas Fortinberry The Boeing 3
#6 Reed Sowder Pratt Corrugated Holdings 3
#6 Stewart King Univeristy Of Alabama 3
#6 Connice W. Bagwell 3
#6 Jeffery L. Henderson Eaton 3
#6 Calvin J. Gee 3
#12 Alan Dudley 2
#12 Matthew M. McKinney Efp 2
#12 Attle D. Johnson Palco Telecom 2
#12 Everette M. Pierce US Army 2
#12 Donald Gregory Chavers NASA 2
#12 Lloyd Garrold Wade Federal-Mogul Worldwide 2
#18 Thomas L. Honeycutt US Army 1
#18 Gerald C. Chapman 1
#18 James D. Surber Efp 1
#18 R. D. Holland Intergraph 1
#18 Bryan H. Graves 1
#18 Stephen Leo Morris Chrysler Group 1
#18 Franklin H. Perkins Dynetics 1
#18 Joel Hannah 1
#18 Charles W. Garrett Sci Systems 1
#18 Steve D. Underwood The Boeing 1
#18 Sandra D. Jenkins 1
#18 F. Lemarr Adams 1
#18 Roger W. Tetzlaff Ryder International Co. 1
#18 Roger H. Whitesides, Jr. Thiokol 1
#18 Joel L. McCaghren 1
#18 Richard O. Hessler Thiokol 1

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