USPTO data - Tennessee Report

1. Knoxville

7,784

2. Memphis

7,015

3. Nashville

5,719

4. Kingsport

3,599

5. Germantown

3,254

6. Oak Ridge

2,371

7. Collierville

2,230

8. Chattanooga

2,043

9. Franklin

2,038

10. Cordova

1,970

1,999

1,608

1,173

1,103

1,017

597

419

270

266

257

1. Vanderbilt University

1,148

2. University of Tennessee Research Foundation

761

3. University of Memphis Research Foundation

47

4. Tennessee Technological University

22

5. East Tennessee State University

22

6. Meharry Medical College

16

7. Fisk University

12

8. Middle Tennessee State University

6

9. East Tennessee State University Research Foundation

4

10. University of Memphis

4