North Carolina — Patent Inventors 1989

Top Cities in North Carolina 1989

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	222	158
#2	Charlotte, NC	145	113
#3	Durham, NC	124	94
#4	Greensboro, NC	90	65
#5	Cary, NC	87	57
#6	Winston-Salem, NC	76	61
#7	Chapel Hill, NC	70	45
#8	Asheville, NC	37	29
#9	Wilmington, NC	31	21
#10	Hendersonville, NC	25	20
#11	Clemmons, NC	23	14
#12	Matthews, NC	23	19
#13	Hickory, NC	21	17
#14	High Point, NC	21	13
#15	Apex, NC	18	16
#16	Lewisville, NC	17	15
#17	Greenville, NC	15	10
#18	Kasai, NC	15	1
#19	Burlington, NC	14	10
#20	Statesville, NC	14	13
#21	Gastonia, NC	13	12
#22	Kernersville, NC	13	11
#23	Yokohama, NC	13	4
#24	Monroe, NC	13	11
#25	Jerusalem, NC	13	2

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Bantval J. Baliga	Raleigh	GE	10
2	Kenneth Warren Hang	Cary	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	9
3	Janet L. Rideout	Raleigh	Inspire Pharmaceuticals	8
3	Phillip A. Furman	Durham	Burroughs Wellcome	8
3	Sandra N. Lehrman	Durham	Burroughs Wellcome	8
3	Martha H. St. Clair	Durham	Burroughs Wellcome	8
#7	Donald R. Morrison	Charlotte	Morrison Co.	7
#7	Herbert Mueller	Pineville	Basf Se	7
#9	Donald L. MacLean	Raleigh	The Boc Group Limited	6
#9	David S. Chapin	Raleigh	—	6
#9	Iris H. Hall	Chapel Hill	Boron Biologicals	6
#12	Dale L. Handlin, Jr.	Cherryville	Kraton Polymers	5
#12	James R. Layton	Kinston	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	5
#12	John Hannah	Wilmington	Merck	5
#12	Nicolai A. Favstritsky	Charlotte	Great Lakes Chemical	5
#12	Daniel F. McCormick	Mills River	Brunswick	5
#12	Douglas Drew	Raleigh	Teleflex Medical Incorporated	5
#12	Michael R. Johnson	Chapel Hill	Parion Sciences	5
#19	Alfred J. Evans	Raleigh	Delaware Capital Formation	4
#19	Jean Calvignac	Raleigh	IBM	4
#19	Joe A. Mann	Greensboro	Basf Se	4
#19	H. Thomas Keller	High Point	Henredon Furniture Industries	4
#19	Stanley W. Pearson	Kinston	—	4
#19	Rajat S. Basu	Charlotte	Alliedsignal	4
#19	Lane R. Miller	Fuquay-Varina	Lord	4