North Carolina — Patent Inventors 1994

Top Cities in North Carolina 1994

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	364	253
#2	Charlotte, NC	220	162
#3	Durham, NC	211	156
#4	Cary, NC	161	107
#5	Chapel Hill, NC	114	88
#6	Winston-Salem, NC	90	63
#7	Greensboro, NC	76	58
#8	Hickory, NC	61	37
#9	Wilmington, NC	60	44
#10	High Point, NC	53	23
#11	Apex, NC	52	34
#12	Greenville, NC	39	30
#13	Asheville, NC	37	27
#14	Kernersville, NC	35	21
#15	Gastonia, NC	34	24
#16	Carrboro, NC	30	20
#17	Wake Forest, NC	30	17
#18	Hendersonville, NC	30	19
#19	Pittsboro, NC	25	10
#20	Matthews, NC	22	16
#21	Lewisville, NC	20	9
#22	Morrisville, NC	19	13
#23	Huntersville, NC	19	13
#24	Clemmons, NC	17	14
#25	Yokohama, NC	17	6

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	H. Thomas Keller	High Point	Henredon Furniture Industries	13
2	Paul W. Dent	Pittsboro	—	12
3	Bantval J. Baliga	Raleigh	GE	11
#4	Robert M. Renn	Lewisville	Whitaker &	10
#4	Henry S. Yang	Cary	Digital Equipment	10
#6	Frederick R. Deak	Kernersville	Whitaker &	9
#6	Albert W. Vinal	Cary	Thunderbird Technologies	9
#6	Keith L. Volz	Jamestown	Whitaker &	9
#9	Warren A. Bates	Winston-Salem	Whitaker &	8
#9	Samuel T. Gouge	Raleigh	—	8
#11	David Wayne Hill	Cary	IBM	7
#11	Marshall B. Ward	High Point	Cal-Style Furniture Mfg.	7
#11	Thomas J. Smith	Raleigh	Tii Industries	7
#11	David S. Jamison	Roanoke Rapids	Combustion Engineering	7
#11	Darrell G. Lowman	Hickory	Lexington Furniture Industries	7
#11	Nicolai A. Favstritsky	Charlotte	Great Lakes Chemical	7
#11	Stephen C. Hess	Durham	Winston Furniture Company Of Alabama	7
#18	Robert C. Morrison	Gastonia	Fmc	6
#18	John A. Gelardi	Wake Forest	Meadwestvaco	6
#18	Daniel L. Brier	Hickory	Intel	6
#18	Robert D. Irlbeck	Greensboro	Whitaker &	6
#18	Phillip Jack Snoke	Winston-Salem	Catheter Imaging Systems	6
#18	Edwin L. Ball	Thomasville	Lexington Furniture Industries	6
#24	Richard C. H. Chang	Raleigh	—	5
#24	David B. Joyner	Winterville	Empire Brushes	5