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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

West Monroe, LA ranks #7,397 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 310 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in West Monroe, LA include Signtech, Manville, Draper Laboratory. That works out to 23.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Gandy Signtech 18
1 Jerry F. Wilson Manville 18
1 William D. Sawyer Draper Laboratory 18
#4 Thomas J. Powers Full Life Products 15
#5 William M. Newman Xerox 13
#6 Khalid A. El Sayed First Tech International Limited 11
#7 David Alan Putnam 10
#7 Charles E. DeCrane 10
#9 James B. Bradley, Jr. Unknown 8
#9 Samuel W. Putnam 8
#11 Farris N. Duncan 7
#12 Elbert Lawrence 6
#13 Earle C. Sherman Johns Manville 5
#13 Joseph Lee Wiley, II Ndchealth 5
#13 John H. Bolthouse, II Carrier 5
#13 Richard Michael Killins Inventio Ag 5
#13 Gaylord Allin Dallas Enviro-Tek International 5
#13 Charles E. De Crane 5
#13 Peter C. Olsen, Jr. Manville 5
#13 Samuel F. Keller Beloit 5
#21 James B. P. Green, Jr. Johns Manville 4
#21 Donald R. Hudson Manville 4
#21 Robert A. Bamburg Manville Forest Products 4
#21 Philip N. Nelson Repaper 4
#25 Phil A. Robertson Gilbarco 3
#25 Doyle R. Hudson 3
#25 Bradley W. Johns 3
#25 Robert P. Slaughter Level 3 Communications 3
#25 Jackie W. Dunn Graphic Packaging International 3
#25 Bobby E. Harrell Manville Service 3
#25 Jeffery Adam Weisman Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 3
#32 Ed Stinson 2
#32 Jimmy R. Craighead Manville 2
#32 James M. Arledge 2
#32 Edward E Osbon Unknown 2
#32 Richard L. Fewell, Jr. 2
#32 Dawn M. Hodges 2
#32 Michael Wayne Pulliam 2
#32 Wallace Keith Majure Canyon 2
#32 Mark Dillingham Medical Research Council 2
#32 Frank Valenzano Illinois Tool Works 2
#32 Phillip Barnes 2
#32 Eric Aicher United Animal Health 2
#32 Edward L. Little Angus Chemical 2
#32 Robert O. Baxter 2
#32 Ricky D. Smith 2
#32 Randy F. Wilkerson 2
#32 William L. McElhaney 2
#32 Billy J. Kvaternik 2
#50 James E. McGuffin Columbian Chemicals 1

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