South Carolina — Patent Inventors 2002

Top Cities in South Carolina 2002

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Simpsonville, SC	137	72
#2	Greenville, SC	118	90
#3	Greer, SC	111	75
#4	Spartanburg, SC	97	54
#5	Columbia, SC	68	49
#6	Charleston, SC	62	41
#7	Anderson, SC	47	28
#8	Easley, SC	44	22
#9	Florence, SC	43	30
#10	Rock Hill, SC	25	18
#11	Fort Mill, SC	25	22
#12	Fairfax, SC	24	16
#13	Seneca, SC	24	20
#14	Tega Cay, SC	21	4
#15	Clemson, SC	19	15
#16	Lexington, SC	19	16
#17	Aiken, SC	19	14
#18	Summerville, SC	19	15
#19	Hartsville, SC	17	14
#20	Piedmont, SC	16	7
#21	Hilton Head Island, SC	16	9
#22	Taylors, SC	15	14
#23	Inman, SC	15	8
#24	Moore, SC	15	10
#25	Mauldin, SC	12	9

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Jamily Pentz	Tega Cay	Bank of America	16
1	Shannon Cassell	Easley	Bombardier	16
3	John Tony Kinard	Simpsonville	Kemet Electronics	12
#4	Malcolm MacCoss	Seabrook Island	Merck	11
#5	Thomas Jerussi	Charleston	Sepracor	10
#5	Gary Michael Itzel	Simpsonville	GE	10
#7	David Alexander Wheeler	Williamston	Kemet Electronics	9
#7	Louis Dischler	Spartanburg	Milliken Research	9
#9	Paul William Eschenbach	Roebuck	Milliken Research	8
#9	Philip M. Lessner	Simpsonville	Kemet Electronics	8
#9	Kenneth M. Brazell	Piedmont	—	8
#9	Shulong Li	Spartanburg	Milliken &	8
#13	William J. Campbell	Svanaträsket	AMD	7
#13	Daniel Alex Chunn	Greenville	One World Technologies Limited	7
#13	Jon Conrad Schaeffer	Greenville	GE	7
#13	Yufeng Phillip Yu	Simpsonville	GE	7
#13	Charles F. Helms, Jr.	Florence	Basf Se	7
#13	Shalaby W. Shalaby	Anderson	Poly-Med	7
#19	Michael W. Gilpatrick	Chesnee	Milliken &	6
#19	Gregory G. Hafner	Columbia	Caterpillar	6
#19	Thomas Casey Hill	Spartanburg	Motorola	6
#19	David Leach	Simpsonville	GE	6
#19	David D. Newkirk	Greer	Basf Wyandotte	6
#19	Ian David Wilson	Simpsonville	GE	6
#19	Frank Voss	Columbia	Lambda Physik Ag	6