North Carolina — Patent Inventors 2005

Top Cities in North Carolina 2005

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	714	460
#2	Cary, NC	470	289
#3	Durham, NC	388	258
#4	Chapel Hill, NC	329	198
#5	Charlotte, NC	214	161
#6	Apex, NC	209	128
#7	Greensboro, NC	137	96
#8	Hickory, NC	130	70
#9	Winston-Salem, NC	103	76
#10	Morrisville, NC	83	66
#11	Wake Forest, NC	55	35
#12	Wilmington, NC	54	43
#13	Asheville, NC	51	35
#14	Pittsboro, NC	49	18
#15	High Point, NC	48	24
#16	Morganton, NC	47	10
#17	Huntersville, NC	43	26
#18	Holly Springs, NC	42	30
#19	Fuquay-Varina, NC	38	23
#20	Mooresville, NC	36	26
#21	Lenoir, NC	36	8
#22	Hendersonville, NC	32	22
#23	Hillsborough, NC	30	23
#24	Kernersville, NC	28	19
#25	Greenville, NC	28	22

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Jeffrey B. Katz	Hickory	Broyhill Furniture Industries	26
1	Scott C. Dergins	Morganton	Broyhill Furniture Industries	26
1	Gary A. Huffstetler	Lenoir	Broyhill Furniture Industries	26
#4	John R. Hind	Raleigh	IBM	15
#5	Scott M. Risdon	Greensboro	Ladd Furniture	14
#6	Marcia L. Peters	Pittsboro	IBM	12
#6	Timothy M. O'Hare	High Point	Bernhardt, L.L.C.	12
#8	Gerald George Pechanek	Cary	Intel	11
#8	Paul W. Dent	Pittsboro	—	11
#10	Jean Calvignac	Raleigh	IBM	10
#10	Peter J. Marsico	Chapel Hill	Tekelec	10
#10	David W. Sherrer	Cary	Nuvotronics	10
#13	Clark Debs Jeffries	Chapel Hill	IBM	9
#13	James Peter Ward	Apex	IBM	9
#15	James G. Whayne	Cary	Ep Technologies	8
#15	Yongcheng Li	Raleigh	IBM	8
#15	Michael J. McMahon	Apex	Illinois Tool Works	8
#15	Daryl Cromer	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	8
#15	Joseph J. Smith	Charlotte	Alert Safety Lite Products Co.	8
#15	Benjamin R. Yerxa	Raleigh	Inspire Pharmaceuticals	8
#21	David M. Wilz, Sr.	Charlotte	Metrologic Instruments	7
#21	Michael S. Siegel	Raleigh	IBM	7
#21	Sidney D. Fleischman	Durham	Ep Technologies	7
#21	William Joseph Piazza	Holly Springs	IBM	7
#21	Thomas M. McDaniel	Morganton	Bernhardt, L.L.C.	7