South Carolina — Patent Inventors 2004

Top Cities in South Carolina 2004

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Simpsonville, SC	130	83
#2	Greenville, SC	115	89
#3	Spartanburg, SC	92	59
#4	Columbia, SC	90	69
#5	Greer, SC	88	59
#6	Charleston, SC	55	36
#7	Anderson, SC	48	34
#8	Florence, SC	41	28
#9	Easley, SC	41	23
#10	Clemson, SC	28	19
#11	Seneca, SC	26	20
#12	Rock Hill, SC	26	21
#13	Fairfax, SC	26	16
#14	Aiken, SC	25	23
#15	Fort Mill, SC	24	17
#16	Lexington, SC	23	18
#17	Moore, SC	23	16
#18	Elmore, SC	23	1
#19	Piedmont, SC	22	12
#20	Hartsville, SC	19	16
#21	Taylors, SC	17	13
#22	Summerville, SC	14	13
#23	Mount Pleasant, SC	13	9
#24	Myrtle Beach, SC	13	10
#25	Hilton Head Island, SC	12	9

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Timothy Good	Town and Country	Metrologic Instruments	12
2	Shannon Cassell	Easley	Bombardier	10
3	John Tony Kinard	Simpsonville	Kemet Electronics	7
#4	Shalaby W. Shalaby	Anderson	Poly-Med	6
#4	Naoki Ito	Conway	Yazaki	6
#4	Rajnish Batlaw	Spartanburg	Milliken &	6
#4	Robert Lee	Simpsonville	Broadcom	6
#4	Derek Seeber	Florence	GE	6
#9	James R. Moon	Greer	IBM	5
#9	Ronald J. Hoffman	Iva	Techtronic Cordless Gp	5
#9	Kerry J. Mensching	Fairfax	Hill-Rom Services	5
#9	Albert Kennedy Harrington	West Columbia	Kemet Electronics	5
#9	Kirkland W. Vogt	Simpsonville	Milliken &	5
#9	Ronald M. Marsilio	Ridgeland	Invue Security Products	5
#9	James E. Sealey, II	Belton	First Quality Tissue	5
#9	Philip M. Lessner	Simpsonville	Kemet Electronics	5
#9	Robert Alan Brittingham	Greer	GE	5
#9	William Kimbrell	Inman	Milliken &	5
#9	Roy P. DeMott	Spartanburg	Milliken &	5
#20	Jacob Charles Perry, II	Taylors	GE	4
#20	David Alexander Wheeler	Williamston	Kemet Electronics	4
#20	Charles M. Wacker	Anderson	One World Technologies Limited	4
#20	Bu-Xin Xu	Florence	GE	4
#20	James J. Romano	Charleston	Hill-Rom Services	4
#20	Alfred R. DeAngelis	Spartanburg	Milliken &	4