South Carolina — Patent Inventors 1994

Top Cities in South Carolina 1994

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Greenville, SC	89	72
#2	Columbia, SC	68	49
#3	Spartanburg, SC	63	46
#4	Greer, SC	49	36
#5	Florence, SC	41	26
#6	Charleston, SC	38	17
#7	Anderson, SC	31	21
#8	Simpsonville, SC	29	26
#9	Aiken, SC	27	22
#10	Clemson, SC	27	21
#11	Taylors, SC	24	18
#12	Lexington, SC	20	15
#13	Greenwood, SC	17	17
#14	Easley, SC	17	15
#15	West Columbia, SC	16	9
#16	Fort Mill, SC	12	11
#17	Seneca, SC	10	7
#18	Orangeburg, SC	10	10
#19	Mauldin, SC	10	5
#20	Rock Hill, SC	10	10
#21	Piedmont, SC	9	7
#22	Hartsville, SC	8	6
#23	Summerville, SC	8	7
#24	Pickens, SC	8	6
#25	Fairfax, SC	8	8

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Darrell C. Ferguson	Charleston	Lineage Home Furnishings	15
2	James W. Kronberg	Columbia	US Dept of Energy	6
2	David L. Simpson	West Columbia	Ncr	6
#4	Ronald C. McCurry	West Union	Ryobi Motor Products	5
#4	Malcolm MacCoss	Seabrook Island	Merck	5
#4	Richard L. Hollowell	Georgetown	Otis Elevator	5
#4	Lawrence F. Yuda	Westminster	Compact Air Products	5
#8	Kiyo Hoshino	Clemson	Emerson Electric	4
#8	Peter Schilling	Charleston	Westvaco	4
#8	Roger Clayton Walker	Greenville	GE	4
#8	Bruno Evraert	Taylors	Michelin	4
#8	Charles E. Moore	Mauldin	—	4
#8	John G. Dawson, Jr.	Florence	The Esab Group	4
#8	Frank J. Gusky	Moncks Corner	The Esab Group	4
#8	Michael S. Showalter	Florence	The Esab Group	4
#8	William S. Stogner	Florence	GE	4
#8	Robert E. McCracken	Anderson	Ryobi Motor Products	4
#8	Daniel C. Woods	Florence	GE	4
#8	Robert K. Brown	Darlington	Ford	4
#8	Daniel Alex Chunn	Greenville	One World Technologies Limited	4
#21	Edwin J. Deremo	Lexington	—	3
#21	James Edward Cencula	Greer	GE	3
#21	Herbert H. Hand	Columbia	—	3
#21	Richard Lawson	Greer	Milliken &	3
#21	Leung K. Heung	Aiken	Westinghouse Savannah River	3