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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Spring Hill, TN ranks #5,410 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 480 patents from 102 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Spring Hill, TN include Modine Manufacturing, Compaq Computer, Vanderbilt University. That works out to 9.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 102 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark Johnson Modine Manufacturing 42
2 James E. Hicks Compaq Computer 41
3 Kyle A. Emmitte Vanderbilt University 21
#4 Peter M. Goodwin Groove Life 19
#5 John Fredrick Dawson, III Honeywell 18
#6 Orestes Chortyk Intrexon 16
#7 Stephen A. Anderson Nu-Kote International 15
#7 Charles A. Liter Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 15
#9 Clyde J. Troutman 3Sae Technologies 13
#10 Kayla J. Temple Vanderbilt University 12
#10 Jared C. Meitzler 3Sae Technologies 12
#12 Stephen A. Anderson RTX (Raytheon) 11
#12 Joseph T. Belsh Inductotherm 11
#14 Mike Oberberger Video Gaming Technologies 10
#14 Aaron M. Bender Vanderbilt University 10
#16 James R. Rosenberg Gibson Guitar 9
#16 Amy Dix Rock Cumberland Pharmaceuticals 9
#16 Phillip Daniel Michalak Digital Reasoning Systems 9
#19 Aaron A. Stevens The Murray Ohio Manufacturing 8
#19 Kevin Ronald Linkous 8
#21 Mark Schaffel Prophet Productions 6
#21 Roger David Moyers Open Text Gxs Ulc 6
#21 Augustin T. Romero In Ingredients 6
#21 Jennifer Pinder Video Gaming Technologies 6
#21 Matt Newman Aries Clean Technologies 6
#21 Dean James Rager-Aguiar Biomimetic Therapeutics 6
#27 Eric Telaak Aristocrat Technologies 5
#28 Adam Prater Tractor Supply 4
#28 Troy M. Birdsong Chameleon Holding 4
#28 Timothy Wayne Masse 4
#28 Robert R. Nellums Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory 4
#28 Carl Alexander Wooldridge Asurion 4
#28 Benjamin J. Hester Firestone Industrial Products Company 4
#28 David Matthew Craig Mars, Incorporated 4
#35 Erik Partridge Amend2 3
#35 Julie Leraun Nash C/Hca 3
#35 Arthur W. Watkins, Jr. 3
#35 Johnathan Harrison 3
#35 Bradley J. Mouser Murray 3
#35 Dan Belyeu 3
#35 David J. McAllister 3
#35 James McKinney Brown International Corporation 3
#35 Daniel B. Fulcher 3
#35 Daniel Erickson Elkay Manufacturing 3
#45 William Christopher Lotterhos 2
#45 Douglas W. Petercsak Teleflex Incorporated 2
#45 Donald Christopher Streiff, Jr. 2
#45 Saul Anthony Ryan 2
#45 Curt Kincaid 2
#45 Leslie Werhane C/Hca 2

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