North Carolina — Patent Inventors 2004

Top Cities in North Carolina 2004

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	814	475
#2	Cary, NC	485	292
#3	Durham, NC	444	276
#4	Chapel Hill, NC	340	212
#5	Charlotte, NC	280	199
#6	Apex, NC	249	129
#7	Greensboro, NC	181	110
#8	Winston-Salem, NC	107	75
#9	Hickory, NC	104	63
#10	High Point, NC	85	35
#11	Morrisville, NC	77	52
#12	Wilmington, NC	75	50
#13	Wake Forest, NC	59	42
#14	Holly Springs, NC	50	33
#15	Greenville, NC	47	30
#16	Kernersville, NC	46	28
#17	Huntersville, NC	44	27
#18	Pittsboro, NC	41	17
#19	Carrboro, NC	39	19
#20	Asheville, NC	39	31
#21	Mooresville, NC	37	19
#22	Fuquay-Varina, NC	37	23
#23	Matthews, NC	35	20
#24	Hillsborough, NC	33	19
#25	Clemmons, NC	27	22

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Shawn Christopher Stanton	High Point	Thomasville Furniture Industries	26
2	Timothy M. O'Hare	High Point	Bernhardt, L.L.C.	17
2	Ruben Perfetti	Greensboro	—	17
#4	Paul W. Dent	Pittsboro	—	15
#4	Sidney A. Lenger	Kernersville	Schottenstein Stores	15
#6	David W. Sherrer	Cary	Nuvotronics	13
#6	Scott M. Risdon	Greensboro	Ladd Furniture	13
#6	Anthony Matteo Gallo	Apex	IBM	13
#6	Jean Calvignac	Raleigh	IBM	13
#10	Daryl Cromer	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	12
#10	Clark Debs Jeffries	Chapel Hill	IBM	12
#12	Michael L. King	Durham	Smithkline Beecham Limited	11
#12	Michael S. Siegel	Raleigh	IBM	11
#12	Russell C. Mead, Jr.	Chapel Hill	Apple	11
#12	James Peter Ward	Apex	IBM	11
#16	John L. Creigh	Raleigh	Broadcom	10
#16	Robert G. McHugh	Winston-Salem	Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.	10
#16	David G. Hart	Raleigh	Abb Power T&D Company	10
#16	Gregory E. Bottomley	Cary	Ericsson	10
#20	Scott C. Dergins	Morganton	Broyhill Furniture Industries	9
#20	Gary A. Huffstetler	Lenoir	Broyhill Furniture Industries	9
#20	Randall Scott Springfield	Chapel Hill	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	9
#20	Jeffrey B. Katz	Hickory	Broyhill Furniture Industries	9
#20	James G. Whayne	Cary	Ep Technologies	9
#25	Brian Mitchell Bass	Apex	IBM	8