North Carolina — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in North Carolina 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	405	279
#2	Durham, NC	310	211
#3	Charlotte, NC	282	207
#4	Cary, NC	275	167
#5	Chapel Hill, NC	194	121
#6	Winston-Salem, NC	139	89
#7	Greensboro, NC	126	89
#8	Apex, NC	81	49
#9	High Point, NC	67	37
#10	Wilmington, NC	64	53
#11	Asheville, NC	55	31
#12	Pittsboro, NC	53	9
#13	Cornelius, NC	44	3
#14	Gastonia, NC	38	27
#15	Hickory, NC	38	32
#16	Wake Forest, NC	35	22
#17	Mooresville, NC	35	21
#18	Kernersville, NC	32	19
#19	Matthews, NC	30	23
#20	Lexington, NC	29	22
#21	Morrisville, NC	26	18
#22	Clemmons, NC	25	24
#23	Fuquay-Varina, NC	24	17
#24	Greenville, NC	24	19
#25	Arden, NC	24	13

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Darren M. Mark	Cornelius	Emhart	42
2	Paul W. Dent	Pittsboro	—	31
3	Christopher S. Bergelin	Morganton	Henredon Furniture Industries	17
#4	H. Thomas Keller	High Point	Henredon Furniture Industries	15
#5	Eric Sung	Greensboro	Kku	13
#6	Richard R. Tidwell	Pittsboro	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	11
#7	Christine C. Dykstra	Chapel Hill	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	10
#8	John A. Ryals	Chapel Hill	Novartis Finance	9
#8	Daniel L. Woodard	Raleigh	Becton, Dickinson And	9
#8	Randal L. Bertram	Raleigh	IBM	9
#8	William H. Black, Jr.	Salisbury	Tee-Lok	9
#8	Stephen Ting Lam	Raleigh	Novartis Finance	9
#13	Richard C. Boucher, Jr.	Chapel Hill	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	8
#13	James O. Dunn, Jr.	Charlotte	Softplay, L.L.C.	8
#13	Gerald George Pechanek	Cary	Intel	8
#13	Ian S. Cloudsdale	Chapel Hill	Sandoz Ag	8
#13	Franky So	Cary	Motorola	8
#18	Wayne G. Foster	Advance	Sara Lee	7
#18	Sidney A. Lenger	Kernersville	Schottenstein Stores	7
#18	Todd A. Coble	Stanfield	Softplay, L.L.C.	7
#18	Adriann J. Howard	Durham	Becton, Dickinson And	7
#18	Ken J. Thompson	Lexington	Sara Lee	7
#18	John Jacob Hemperly	Apex	Becton, Dickinson And	7
#18	David Wayne Hill	Cary	IBM	7
#18	John Walter Diachina	Garner	Ericsson	7